melancolia

See also: melancolía

Italian

Noun

melancolia f (plural melancolie)

1. (dated or psychiatry) Alternative form of malinconia

Anagrams

• calomelani

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese melanconia, borrowed from Late Latin melancholia, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.lɐ̃.koˈli.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.lɐ̃.koˈli.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.lɐ̃.koˈli.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.lɐ̃.kuˈli.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: me‧lan‧co‧li‧a

Noun

melancolia f (plural melancolias)

1. melancholy (extreme sadness or depression)