"mélancolie" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /me.lɑ̃.kɔ.li/ Audio: Fr-mélancolie.ogg Forms: mélancolies [plural]
Etymology: From Old French melancolie, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía). Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|melancolie}} Old French melancolie, {{uder|fr|grc|μελαγχολία}} Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} mélancolie f (plural mélancolies)
  1. (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) Tags: feminine, historical Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms: bile noire, atrabile
    Sense id: en-mélancolie-fr-noun-XKLOZU9e Disambiguation of Emotions: 57 43 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
  2. melancholy (sadness or depression) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mélancolie-fr-noun-kcOGGJI4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: melancolie [obsolete], melancholie [obsolete], mélancholie [obsolete] Related terms: mélancolique

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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