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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmelancolía
Pronunciation / Transliteration: me-lan-ko-lee-ah
"La música de violín evocaba una profunda melancolía."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A deep, pensive, and long-lasting state of sadness or depression, often without an obvious cause.
"A subtle sense of melancholia settled over the room as the autumn rain began to fall." - 2
A mental condition characterized by severe depression, typically including characteristic psychomotor disturbances.
"Historical medical texts often diagnosed the patient's severe withdrawal as a form of melancholia."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek 'melankholia', combining 'melas' (black) and 'khole' (bile), reflecting the ancient humoral theory that excess black bile caused sadness. Entering English via Late Latin and Old French in the late 14th century, it initially denoted clinical depression before evolving into a broader literary and psychological term for a deep, pensive sadness.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Melancholia" is said worldwide
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mélancolie
Transliteration: mey-lan-ko-lee
"Une douce mélancolie se dégageait de cette vieille chanson."
Melancholie
Transliteration: melan-ko-lee
"Er betrachtete das Meer mit einer gewissen Melancholie."
melanconia
Transliteration: me-lan-ko-nee-a
"Nei suoi quadri c'è sempre un velo di melanconia."
melancolía
Transliteration: me-lan-ko-lee-ah
"La música de violín evocaba una profunda melancolía."
melancolia
Transliteration: me-lan-ko-lee-a
"O poeta olhava para a janela com uma profunda melancolia."
उदासीनता
Transliteration: udasinta
"उसकी कविताओं में एक अजीब सी उदासीनता झलकती है।"
忧郁
Transliteration: yōuyù
"他眼里流露出一种莫名的忧郁。"
우울증
Transliteration: uuljeung
"그녀의 예술 작품에는 깊은 우울이 담겨 있다."
憂鬱
Transliteration: yūutsu
"彼の表情には言い知ぬ憂鬱が漂っていた。"
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