difficile

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Adjective 2.3.1 Synonyms 2.3.2 Antonyms 2.3.3 Related terms 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Adjective 3.3.1 Antonyms 3.3.2 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] 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.

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /difisil/
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[edit] Adjective

difficile m. (f. difficile, m. plural difficiles, f. plural difficiles)

1. difficult

[edit] Synonyms

• exigeant

[edit] Antonyms

• facile

[edit] Related terms

• difficilement
• difficulté

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

Latin difficilis

[edit] Pronunciation

diffìcile, /difˈfitʃile/, /dif"fitSile/

[edit] Adjective

difficile m and f (m and f plural difficili)

1. difficult

[edit] Antonyms

• facile

[edit] Related terms

• difficilmente
• difficoltà