malenconia

Concepts

melancholy

megrim

melancholia

sadness

Synonyms

melancolia

tristesa

tristor

melangia

Translations

melancolía

melancolia

malinconia

mestizia

μελαγχολία

maestitia

mélancolie

affliction

rammarico

Melancholie

amarezza

tristezza

tristesse

λύπη

Pronounced as (IPA)

[mə.ləŋ.kuˈni.ə]

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan melancolia, from Late Latin melancholia, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”). The metathesis of the vowels may be due to influence from mal (“bad”).