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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescólera
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈkolera
"El insulto despertó la cólera del rey."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Readiness to display anger or bad temper; irritability or wrath.
"His sarcastic remarks quickly aroused the choler of the committee members." - 2
In historical medicine, one of the four humors, identified with yellow bile and associated with a passionate or angry disposition.
"Ancient physicians believed that an excess of choler in the body led to an aggressive and restless personality."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Middle English word choler, stemming from Old French cholere and ultimately from Latin cholera, which traces back to Greek cholē meaning 'bile' or 'gall'. Historically tied to the ancient medical theory of the four humors, it originally denoted yellow bile, an excess of which was believed to cause irritability and anger, before evolving to signify wrath or bad temper.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Choler" is said worldwide
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colère
Transliteration: kolɛʁ
"Sa remarque a provoqué la colère du directeur."
Galle
Transliteration: ˈɡalə
"Seine Worte brachten mich in Harnisch."
collera
Transliteration: ˈkɔlleːra
"Il suo comportamento provocò la collera di tutti."
cólera
Transliteration: ˈkolera
"El insulto despertó la cólera del rey."
cólera
Transliteration: ˈkɔlɛɾɐ
"Ele não conseguiu esconder a sua cólera."
क्रोध
Transliteration: krodh
"उसकी बात सुनकर सभापति का क्रोध भड़क उठा।"
暴躁
Transliteration: bào zào
"他的傲慢激怒了大家的暴躁情绪。"
격노
Transliteration: gyeongno
"그의 무례한 태도는 사람들의 격노를 불러일으켰다."
憤怒
Transliteration: funnu
"彼の無礼な態度が人々の憤怒を買った。"
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