atrabile
French, noun/a.tʁa.bil/
atrabile is spelled A-T-R-A-B-I-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atrabile is a French feminine noun meaning “black bile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bile noire et aduste, humeur âcre que l’on supposait sécrétée par la rate et à laquelle on attribuait la…”.
What does atrabile mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineblack bile
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bile noire et aduste, humeur âcre que l’on supposait sécrétée par la rate et à laquelle on attribuait la cause de la mélancolie. 2. Maladie hypocondriaque. 3. Humeur maussade et irritable.
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 atrabile
- atrabiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atrabile?
- /a.tʁa.bil/
- \a.tʁa.bil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is atrabile in French?
atrabile appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).