difficile

English

Etymology

From late Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis, from dis- + facilis (“easy”).

Adjective

difficile (comparative more difficile, superlative most difficile)

1. (obsolete) Hard to work with; stubborn.
2. (obsolete) Difficult.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 185:

     [...] forasmuch as he was to judge of an internall beauty, of a difficile knowledge, and abstruse discovery.

Translations

hard to work with, stubborn

• Russian: несговорчивый (ru) (nesgovórčivyj) m

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French

Etymology

Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /difisil/

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Adjective

difficile (masculine and feminine, plural difficiles)

1. difficult

Synonyms

• exigeant

Antonyms

• facile

Related terms

• difficilement
• difficulté

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Guernésiais

Etymology

From Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis.

Adjective

difficile (epicene, plural difficiles)

1. difficult

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA: /difˈfi.tsi.le/

Adjective

difficile (comparative plus difficile, superlative le plus difficile)

1. difficult

Antonyms

• facile

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin difficilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /difˈfitʃile/, X-SAMPA: /dif"fitSile/

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Adjective

difficile m and f (m and f plural difficili)

1. difficult

Antonyms

• facile

Related terms

• difficilmente
• difficoltà

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis.

Adjective

difficile (epicene, plural difficiles)

1. difficult

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Latin

Etymology 1

From difficilis (“difficult, troublesome”) +‎ -ē.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /difˈfi.ki.leː/

Adverb

difficilē (comparative difficilius, superlative difficilissimē)

1. with difficulty

Synonyms

• (with difficulty): difficiliter, difficulter

Related terms

difficilis difficiliter difficilius

difficillimus difficultās difficulter

Etymology 2

Inflected form of difficilis (“difficult, troublesome”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /difˈfi.ki.le/

Adjective

difficile

1. nominative neuter singular of difficilis
2. accusative neuter singular of difficilis
3. vocative neuter singular of difficilis
4. (New Latin) Used as a specific epithet

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Middle French

Adjective

difficile m and f (plural difficiles)

1. difficult

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Old French

Alternative forms

• difficil (masculine oblique singular)

Adjective

difficile m and f

1. difficult

Descendants

• French: difficile
• Jèrriais: difficile
• Guernésiais: difficile