atrabile

Learned borrowing from Latin ātra bīlis, itself a calque of Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía).

• IPA^(key): /a.tʁa.bil/

atrabile f (plural atrabiles)

1. (medicine, historical) black bile

   Synonym: bile noire

• atrabilaire
• atrabilieux

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

From Latin atra bilis.

atrabile m (plural atrabili)

1. black bile

   Synonym: bile nera

• abitarle, alberati, bilatera, blaterai, liberata

• atrabílis

Borrowed from French atrabile.

• Hyphenation: a‧tra‧bi‧le

atrabile f (plural atrabiles)

1. supposed humor (or black bile) to which melancholy, irritation, hypochondria, etc. were attributed.
2. bad mood, irritability
3. melancholy, sadness
4. anger, fury, irascibility