spleen

See also Spleen

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old French esplen, from Latin splēn, from Ancient Greek σπλήν (splēn, “milt”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: splēn, IPA: /spliːn/, SAMPA: /spli:n/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

spleen (plural spleens)

1. (anatomy, immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
2. (archaic, except in the set phrase "to vent one's spleen") A bad mood; spitefulness.

Synonyms

• milt

Derived terms

spleenful spleenless spleenlike spleeny

splenectomy splenetic splenic vent one's spleen

Related terms

• splenomegaly

Translations

organ

Albanian: mërzi (sq) Arabic: طحال (ar) (TiHāl) m. Armenian: փայծաղ (hy) (p'ayçaġ) Old Armenian: փայծաղն (pʿaycałn) Bengali: প্লীহা (bn) Bosnian: slezena (bs) f. Bulgarian: слезка (bg) f. Cappadocian Greek: πεϊσάχι Catalan: melsa (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 脾臟 (cmn), 脾脏 (cmn) (pízàng) Chuvash: сула Croatian: slezèna (hr) f. Czech: slezina (cs) f. Danish: milt (da) c. Dhivehi: ހުންކޮށި Dutch: milt (nl) m. Esperanto: lieno (eo) Estonian: põrn (et) Faroese: milti (fo) n., milt (“n”) Finnish: perna (fi) French: rate (fr) f. Georgian: ელენთა (ka) (elent‘a) German: Milz (de) f. Greek: σπλην (el) (splin) m., σπλήνα (el) (splína) f. Hebrew: טחול (he) (tkhol) Hindi: तिल्ली (hi) Hungarian: lép (hu) Icelandic: milta (is) n. Indonesian: limpa (id) Irish: liathán (ga) m. Italian: milza (it) f. Japanese: 脾臓 (ja) (ひぞう, hizō)

Kapampangan: lape Korean: 지라 (ko) (jira) Latin: liēn (la) m. Latvian: please add this translation if you can Laz: ფანწალა (p’ancala) Lithuanian: blužnis (lt) Macedonian: слезенка (mk) f. Malayalam: പ്ലീഹ (ml) Maltese: please add this translation if you can Mongolian: дэлүү (mn) (delüü) Norwegian: milt (no) m. Old English: milte (ang) Pangasinan: pali Persian: طحال (fa) Polish: śledziona (pl) f. Portuguese: baço (pt) m. Quechua: k'ayrapin (qu) Romanian: splină (ro) f. Russian: селезёнка (ru) (selezjónka) f. Serbian: слезина (sr) f., slezina (sr) f. Sicilian: mèusa f. Slovak: slezina (sk) f. Slovene: vranica (sl) f. Spanish: bazo (es) m. Sundanese: kawaya Swahili: wengu (sw) (noun 5/6) Swedish: mjälte (sv) c. Telugu: ప్లీహము (te) Thai: ม้าม (máam) Turkish: dalak (tr) Vietnamese: lách (vi) Volapük: splen (vo)

mood

Czech: splín (cs) m. Finnish: sappi (fi)

French: spleen (fr) m. German: Groll (de) m., Trübsinn (de) m. Portuguese: esplim (pt) m.

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French

Etymology

From English spleen

Pronunciation

• IPA: /splin/

Noun

spleen m. (plural spleens)

1. bad mood, melancholy

   J'ai le spleen.

Synonyms

• bourdon, cafard, dépression, ennui, hypocondrie, langueur, neurasthénie

References

• "spleen" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).