"difficile" meaning in French

See difficile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /di.fi.sil/ Audio: Fr-difficile.ogg Forms: difficiles [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|difficile|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French difficile, {{inh+|fr|fro|difficile}} Inherited from Old French difficile, {{bor|fr|la|difficilis}} Latin difficilis Head templates: {{fr-adj}} difficile (plural difficiles)
  1. difficult
    Sense id: en-difficile-fr-adj-HkRTqYyd
  2. choosy, fussy, picky
    Sense id: en-difficile-fr-adj-FZlYKDVT Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: compliqué, exigeant Derived forms: difficilement, difficulté, faire le difficile, la critique est aisée mais l’art est difficile

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for difficile meaning in French (1.9kB)

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