atrabilaire
French, adjective/a.tʁa.bi.lɛʁ/
atrabilaire is spelled A-T-R-A-B-I-L-A-I-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atrabilaire is a French adjective meaning “atrabilious, splenetic, cantankerous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a une humeur noire. Qui est atteint d’hypocondrie”.
What does atrabilaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
atrabilious, splenetic, cantankerous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a une humeur noire. Qui est atteint d’hypocondrie. 2. Ancienne appellation des capsules surrénales, auxquelles était attribuée la formation de l’atrabile. 3. Qui caractérise une personne triste et mélancolique. 4. Qui démontre de l’irascibilité, de la mauvaise humeur.
noun: 1. Personne inquiète. 2. Nature d’une personne inquiète.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of atrabilaire
- atrabilaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atrabilaire?
- /a.tʁa.bi.lɛʁ/
- \a.tʁa.bi.lɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atrabilaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atrabilaire in French?
atrabilaire appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).