French

Noun

melancolie f ‎(plural melancolies)

1. Obsolete form of mélancolie.

Italian

Noun

melancolie f

1. plural of melancolia

Old French

Noun

melancolie f ‎(oblique plural melancolies, nominative singular melancolie, nominative plural melancolies)

1. melancholy (sadness or depression)
2. (medicine) melancholy; black bile

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mélancolie, ultimately from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία ‎(melankholía); the older variant melanholie was borrowed from Greek μελαγχολία ‎(melancholía).

Pronunciation

Noun

melancolie f

1. melancholy (sadness or depression)

Synonyms

• tristețe