malinconia

Italian

Alternative forms

• maninconia, melancolia, melanconia (archaic)

Etymology

From Late Latin melancholia, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧lin‧co‧nì‧a
• IPA^(key): /maliŋkoˈni.a/

Noun

malinconia f (plural malinconie)

1. melancholy

Related terms

• malinconico
• malinconioso