choler

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /ˈkɑlɚ/ UK /ˈkɒlə/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like color /ʌ/ vs /ɑ/

Meanings

1

noun
irritability or anger; one of the four medieval humors

His rising choler turned the negotiation into a quarrel.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · irritability or anger; one... anger irritability irascibility bile wrath temper

Opposites

calmness equanimity placidity

Word family

Derived forms choleric

Related forms cholera melancholy

Etymology

From Old French colere ('bile, anger'), from Latin cholera ('bile, bilious disease'), from Ancient Greek kholḗ ('bile, gall').

colere Latin cholera Latin kholḗ Ancient Greek

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# choler

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɑlɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒlə/

## Meanings
1. irritability or anger; one of the four medieval humors

## Examples
- His rising choler turned the negotiation into a quarrel.

## Synonyms
- anger
- irritability
- irascibility
- bile
- wrath
- temper

## Antonyms
- calmness
- equanimity
- placidity

## Derived Forms
- choleric

## Related Forms
- cholera
- melancholy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: colere
- Root: cholera
- Root: kholḗ

## Etymology
From Old French colere ('bile, anger'), from Latin cholera ('bile, bilious disease'), from Ancient Greek kholḗ ('bile, gall').

## AI Etymology
Choler comes from Old French colere ('bile, anger'), from Latin cholera ('bile, bilious disease'), from Ancient Greek kholḗ ('bile, gall'). The historical trail runs through colere in Old French, cholera in Latin, and kholḗ in Ancient Greek. Used as a noun, choler now means "irritability or anger; one of the four medieval humors", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as choleric and related forms such as cholera and melancholy. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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