difficile

== 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/ Hyphenation: dif‧fi‧cile === Adjective === difficile (comparative more difficile, superlative most difficile) (obsolete) Hard to work with; stubborn. Difficult. , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.185: […] forasmuch as he was to judge of an internall beauty, of a difficile knowledge, and abstruse discovery. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From Middle French difficil(e) (14th c.), a borrowing from Latin difficilis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /di.fi.sil/ IPA(key): [d͡zifɪsɪl], [d͡zɪfɪsɪl], [d͡zɪfsɪl] (Quebec) Hyphenation: dif‧fi‧cile === Adjective === difficile (plural difficiles) difficult Synonym: ardu Antonym: facile Near-synonym: compliqué la critique est aisée mais l’art est difficile ― criticism comes easy, but art is difficult choosy, fussy, picky être difficile ― to be difficult faire le difficile ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) ==== Derived terms ==== difficilement difficulté ==== Descendants ==== Antillean Creole: difisil Haitian Creole: difisil === Further reading === “difficile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == 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): /difˈfi.t͡ʃi.le/ Rhymes: -itʃile Hyphenation: dif‧fì‧ci‧le === Adjective === difficile m or f by sense (plural difficili, superlative difficilissimo) difficult, hard Antonym: facile === Noun === difficile m or f by sense (plural difficili) person who is intractable or hard to please === Noun === difficile m (plural difficili) difficult time or moment ==== Related terms ==== difficilmente difficoltà === References === == Latin == === Etymology 1 === Neuter accusative of difficilis. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [dɪfˈfɪ.kɪ.ɫɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [difˈfiː.t͡ʃi.le] ==== Adverb ==== difficile (comparative difficilius, superlative difficillimē) with difficulty Synonyms: difficiliter, difficulter Antonyms: faciliter, facile ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Inflected form of difficilis (“difficult, troublesome”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [dɪfˈfɪ.kɪ.ɫɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [difˈfiː.t͡ʃi.le] ==== Adjective ==== difficile nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of difficilis === 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 == === Alternative forms === difficil === Adjective === difficile m or f (plural difficiles) difficult == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis. === Adjective === difficile m or 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)