melancolie

melancolie f (plural melancolies)

1. obsolete form of mélancolie

• “melancolie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

melancolie f

1. plural of melancolia

• melencolia

melancolie

1. alternative form of malencolie

melancolie

1. alternative form of malencolie

From Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía).

melancolie oblique singular, f (oblique plural melancolies, nominative singular melancolie, nominative plural melancolies)

1. melancholy (sadness or depression)
2. (medicine) melancholy; black bile

• French: mélancolie
• → Middle English: malencolie, malencolye, malancolie, malancolye, malyncoly, malencoly, malencoli, melancolye, melancolie
  • English: melancholy (remodelled after Latin)

Borrowed from French mélancolie, ultimately from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía); the older variant melanholie was borrowed from Greek μελαγχολία (melancholía).

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melancolie f (plural melancolii)

1. melancholy (sadness or depression)

   Synonym: tristețe