mélancolie
See also: melancolie
French edit
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Etymology edit
From Old French melancolie, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mélancolie f (plural mélancolies)
- (historical) melancholy, black bile (one of the four humours of ancient and mediaeval physiology, that was believed to be secreted by the kidneys and spleen and to cause melancholy and sadness when present in excess)
- Synonyms: bile noire, atrabile
- melancholy (sadness or depression)
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Descendants edit
- → Turkish: melankoli
Further reading edit
- “mélancolie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.