malinconia

Italian

Alternative forms

• maninconia, melancolia, melanconia (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin melancholia, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”) after the humorism theory.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ia

• IPA^(key): /ma.lin.koˈni.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ma‧lin‧co‧nì‧a

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Noun

malinconia f (plural malinconie)

1. melancholy

Related terms

• malinconico
• malinconioso

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maliŋkuˈnia/

Noun

malinconia f

1. melancholy