"difficile" meaning in English

See difficile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɪ.fɪ.saɪl/ [UK], /ˈdɪ.fə.səl/ [US] Forms: more difficile [comparative], most difficile [superlative]
Etymology: From late Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis, from dis- + facilis (“easy”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|difficile}} Old French difficile, {{der|en|la|difficilis}} Latin difficilis Head templates: {{en-adj}} difficile (comparative more difficile, superlative most difficile)
  1. Hard to work with; stubborn. Tags: obsolete Translations (hard to work with, stubborn): difícil [masculine] (Portuguese), несгово́рчивый (nesgovórčivyj) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-difficile-en-adj-zyEIdDY- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 29 8 10 5 5 5 5 4 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 5 7 3 3 4 4 3 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'hard to work with, stubborn': 95 5
  2. Difficult. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-difficile-en-adj-8Gbd7v2c
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