difficile
Contents
1 English
1.1 Etymology
1.2 Pronunciation
1.3 Adjective
1.3.1 Translations
2 French
2.1 Etymology
2.2 Pronunciation
2.3 Adjective
2.3.1 Synonyms
2.3.2 Antonyms
2.3.3 Derived terms
2.4 Further reading
3 Interlingua
3.1 Pronunciation
3.2 Adjective
3.2.1 Antonyms
4 Italian
4.1 Etymology
4.2 Pronunciation
4.3 Adjective
4.3.1 Antonyms
4.3.2 Related terms
5 Latin
5.1 Etymology 1
5.1.1 Pronunciation
5.1.2 Adverb
5.1.2.1 Synonyms
5.1.2.2 Related terms
5.2 Etymology 2
5.2.1 Pronunciation
5.2.2 Adjective
5.3 References
6 Middle French
6.1 Adjective
7 Norman
7.1 Etymology
7.2 Adjective
7.2.1 Derived terms
8 Old French
8.1 Alternative forms
8.2 Adjective
8.2.1 Descendants
English
Etymology
From late Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis, from dis- + facilis (“easy”).
Pronunciation
(UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɪ.fɪ.saɪl/
(US) IPA(key): /ˈdɪ.fə.səl/
Adjective
difficile (comparative more difficile, superlative most difficile)
(obsolete) Hard to work with; stubborn.
(obsolete) Difficult.
1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:, 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
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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)
- difficult
choosy, fussy, picky
Synonyms
- compliqué
- exigeant
Antonyms
- facile
Derived terms
- difficilement
- difficulté
Further reading
- “difficile” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /difˈfi.tsi.le/
Adjective
difficile (comparative plus difficile, superlative le plus difficile)
- difficult
Antonyms
- facile
Italian
Etymology
From Latin difficilis.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /difˈfitʃile/
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Adjective
difficile (masculine and feminine plural difficili)
- difficult
Antonyms
- facile
Related terms
- difficilmente
- difficoltà
Latin
Etymology 1
From difficilis (“difficult, troublesome”) + -ē.
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /difˈfi.ki.leː/, [dɪfˈfɪ.kɪ.ɫeː]
Adverb
difficilē (comparative difficilius, superlative difficilissimē)
- with difficulty
Synonyms
(with difficulty): difficiliter, difficulter
Related terms
- difficilis
- difficiliter
- difficilius
- difficillimus
- difficultās
- difficulter
Etymology 2
Inflected form of difficilis (“difficult, troublesome”).
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /difˈfi.ki.le/, [dɪfˈfɪ.kɪ.ɫɛ]
Adjective
difficile
- nominative neuter singular of difficilis
- accusative neuter singular of difficilis
- vocative neuter singular of difficilis
(New Latin) Used as a specific epithet
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
Middle French
Adjective
difficile m, f (plural difficiles)
- difficult
Norman
Etymology
From Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis.
Adjective
difficile m, f
(Jersey, Guernsey) difficult
Derived terms
difficilement (“difficultly, with difficulty”)
Old French
Alternative forms
difficil (masculine oblique singular)
Adjective
difficile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular difficile)
- difficult
Descendants
- French: difficile
- Norman: difficile (Jersey, Guernsey)