difficile

English

Etymology

From late (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French difficile, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin difficilis, from dis- + facilis (“easy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪ.fɪ.saɪl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪ.fə.səl/

Adjective

difficile (comparative more difficile, superlative most difficile)

1. (obsolete) Hard to work with; stubborn.
2. (obsolete) Difficult.
   • Template:RQ:Flr Mntgn 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

• Portuguese: difícil (pt) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: несгово́рчивый (ru) m (nesgovórčivyj)

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French

Etymology

From Old French difficile, borrowed from Latin difficilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.fi.sil/

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Adjective

difficile (plural difficiles)

1. difficult
2. choosy, fussy, picky

Synonyms

• compliqué
• exigeant

Antonyms

• facile

Derived terms

• difficilement
• difficulté

Further reading

• “difficile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /difˈfi.tsi.le/

Adjective

difficile (comparative plus difficile, superlative le plus difficile)

1. difficult

Antonyms

• facile

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin difficilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /difˈfitʃile/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

1. difficult

Antonyms

• facile

Related terms

• difficilmente
• difficoltà

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Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /difˈfi.ki.leː/, [d̪ɪfˈfɪkɪɫ̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /difˈfi.t͡ʃi.le/, [d̪ifˈfiːt͡ʃile]

Adverb

difficilē (comparative difficilius, superlative difficilissimē)

1. with difficulty

Synonyms

• (with difficulty): difficiliter, difficulter

Related terms

• difficilis
• difficiliter
• difficilius
• difficillimus
• difficulter
• difficultās

 

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /difˈfi.ki.le/, [d̪ɪfˈfɪkɪɫ̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /difˈfi.t͡ʃi.le/, [d̪ifˈfiːt͡ʃile]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) difficile

1. nominative neuter singular of difficilis
2. accusative neuter singular of difficilis
3. vocative neuter singular of difficilis

References

• “difficile”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• difficile in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Middle French

Adjective

difficile m or f (plural difficiles)

1. difficult

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Norman

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French difficile, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin difficilis.

Adjective

difficile m or f

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) difficult

Derived terms

• difficilement (“difficultly, with difficulty”)

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Old French

Alternative forms

• difficil (masculine oblique singular)

Adjective

difficile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular difficile)

1. difficult

Descendants

• French: difficile
• Norman: difficile (Jersey, Guernsey)