atrabile

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ātra bīlis, itself a calque of Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tʁa.bil/

Noun

atrabile f (plural atrabiles)

1. (medicine, historical) black bile

   Synonym: bile noire

Derived terms

• atrabilaire
• atrabilieux

Further reading

• “atrabile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin atra bilis.

Noun

atrabile m (plural atrabili)

1. black bile

   Synonym: bile nera

Anagrams

• abitarle, alberati, bilatera, blaterai, liberata

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• atrabílis

Etymology

Borrowed from French atrabile.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.tɾaˈbi.li/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.tɾaˈbi.li/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.tɾaˈbi.le/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɾɐˈbi.lɨ/ [ɐ.tɾɐˈβi.lɨ]

• Hyphenation: a‧tra‧bi‧le

Noun

atrabile f (plural atrabiles)

1. supposed humor (or black bile) to which melancholy, irritation, hypochondria, etc. were attributed.
2. bad mood, irritability
3. melancholy, sadness
4. anger, fury, irascibility