Polyglot Dictionary

mélancolique

/melɑ̃kɔlik/

adjective B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. melancholic

    • La musique lente le rend mélancolique.

      The slow music makes him melancholic.

Similar words

triste

Close — melancholy is a deeper, more poetic sadness than plain triste.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

melancólico

melancólico is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "melancholic."

Practice

1 What does mélancolique mean?

2 Fill the gap: La musique lente le rend ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mélancolique?

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