how to pronounce spleen

/splin/

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meanings of spleen

noun:

Bad mood, melancholy.

spleen frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word spleen occurs in french on average 2.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.