mélancolie

Meaning

1. (feminine, 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)
2. (feminine) melancholy (sadness or depression)

Concepts

melancholy

melancholia

gloom

depression

dejection

world weariness

gloominess

spleen

weltschmerz

Great Depression

grief

Depression

black bile

ennui

glumness

megrim

melancholic

plaintiveness

sadness

Synonyms

abattement

dépression

tristesse

crise

mal de vivre

mélancolique

noirceur

spleen

pour toujours

Dépression

Mélancolie

affliction

cafard

Translations

Melancholie

melancolía

malinconia

melancholie

melancolia

μελαγχολία

Schwermut

hüzün

Trübsinn

weemoed

melankoli

Wehmut

zwaarmoedigheid

droefgeestigheid

Pronounced as (IPA)

/me.lɑ̃.kɔ.li/

Etymology

From Old French melancolie, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía).