difficile

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English

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Etymology

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From late Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis, from dis- + facilis (easy).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɪ.fɪ.saɪl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɪ.fə.səl/
  • Hyphenation: dif‧fi‧cile

Adjective

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difficile (comparative more difficile, superlative most difficile) (obsolete)

  1. Hard to work with; stubborn.
  2. Difficult.

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /di.fi.sil/
  • Audio (France):(file)
  • IPA(key): [d͡zifɪsɪl], [d͡zɪfɪsɪl], [d͡zɪfsɪl] (Quebec)
  • Hyphenation: dif‧fi‧cile

Adjective

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difficile (plural difficiles)

  1. difficult
    Synonym: ardu
    Antonym: facile
    Near-synonym: compliqué
    la critique est aisée mais l’art est ‘’’difficile’’’(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. choosy, fussy, picky
    être ‘’’difficile’’’(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    faire le ‘’’difficile’’’(please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Further reading

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Interlingua

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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difficile (comparative plus difficile, superlative le plus difficile)

  1. difficult

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin difficilis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /difˈfi.t͡ʃi.le/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -itʃile
  • Hyphenation: dif‧fì‧ci‧le

Adjective

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difficile (plural difficili, superlative difficilissimo)

  1. difficult, hard
    Antonym: facile

Noun

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difficile m or f by sense (plural difficili)

  1. person who is intractable or hard to please
    • 2012, John Green, translated by Giorgia Grilli, Colpa delle Stelle [The Fault in our Stars], Mondadori, page 36:
      Mi divertivo a fare la difficile.
      I enjoyed being coy.
      (literally, “I enjoyed being a hard-to-please person.”)

Noun

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difficile m (plural difficili)

  1. difficult time or moment
    il difficile ormai è superato
    the hard time is now over
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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From difficilis (difficult, troublesome) +‎ .

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Adverb

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difficilē (comparative difficilius, superlative difficilissimē)

  1. with difficulty
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Etymology 2

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Inflected form of difficilis (difficult, troublesome).

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Adjective

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difficile

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of difficilis

References

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  • 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

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Adjective

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difficile m or f (plural difficiles)

  1. difficult

Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis.

Adjective

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difficile m or f

  1. (Jersey, Guernsey) difficult

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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difficile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular difficile)

  1. difficult

Descendants

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  • French: difficile
  • Norman: difficile (Jersey, Guernsey)