requiem

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• /ˈɹɛ.kwi.əm/
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From Middle English requiem, from Latin requiem, the first word of the introit for the traditional requiem mass, an alternative accusative case of Latin requiēs (“rest, repose”), from re- (“again”) + quiēs (“rest, quiet”).

From French requin, altered by association with Etymology 1, above.

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: հոգեհանգիստ (hogehangist) — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Armenian: պանիխիդա (panixida) — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Azerbaijani: rekviyem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Belarusian: паніхі́да (panixída) — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Belarusian: рэ́квіем (rékvijem) — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Bulgarian: панихи́да (panihída) — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Bulgarian: по́мен (pómen) — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Catalan: rèquiem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Czech: rekviem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Danish: rekviem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Dutch: requiem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Dutch: dodenmis — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Faroese: sálarmessa — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Finnish: sielunmessu — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Finnish: sielumessu — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Finnish: requiem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• French: requiem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Georgian: პანაშვიდი (ṗanašvidi) — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• German: Requiem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• German: Totenmesse — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• German: Seelenmesse — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Greek: μνημόσυνο (mnimósyno) — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Hungarian: rekviem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Hungarian: gyászmise — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Icelandic: sálumessa — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Ido: requiem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Indonesian: rekuiem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Italian: requiem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Italian: messa funebre — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Italian: onoranze funebri — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Japanese: 死者のためのミサ (shishano tame no misa) — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Japanese: 引導 (indō) — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Latin: missa pro defunctis — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Macedonian: ре́квием (rékviem) — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Middle English: requiem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Norwegian Bokmål: rekviem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rekviem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Occitan: requiem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Dari: فاتحه (fātiha) — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Polish: msza za zmarłych — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Polish: rekwiem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Polish: requiem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Polish: panichida — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Portuguese: réquiem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Romanian: parastas — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Romanian: recviem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Russian: панихи́да (panixída) — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Russian: ре́квием (rɛ́kvijem) — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Serbo-Croatian: опе́ло — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Serbo-Croatian: опије́ло — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Serbo-Croatian: opélo — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Serbo-Croatian: opijélo — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Slovak: rekviem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Spanish: réquiem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Swedish: rekviem — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Ukrainian: панихи́да (panyxýda) — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Ukrainian: ре́квієм (rékvijem) — mass to honor and remember a dead person
• Belarusian: рэ́квіем (rékvijem) — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Bulgarian: ре́квием (rékviem) — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Catalan: rèquiem — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Chinese Mandarin: 安魂曲 (ānhúnqǔ) — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Czech: rekviem — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Danish: rekviem — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Dutch: requiem — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Dutch: dodenmis — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Finnish: sielunmessu — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Finnish: sielumessu — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Finnish: requiem — musical composition composed for such a mass
• French: requiem — musical composition composed for such a mass
• German: Requiem — musical composition composed for such a mass
• German: Totenmesse — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Hungarian: rekviem — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Icelandic: sálumessa — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Ido: requiem — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Japanese: 鎮魂歌 (chinkonka) — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Korean: 진혼가 (jinhon'ga) — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Ladino: endecha — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Macedonian: ре́квием (rékviem) — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Norwegian Bokmål: rekviem — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rekviem — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Polish: rekwiem — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Polish: requiem — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Portuguese: réquiem — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Russian: ре́квием (rɛ́kvijem) — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Spanish: réquiem — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Swedish: rekviem — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Turkish: ağıt — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Ukrainian: ре́квієм (rékvijem) — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Zazaki: hewal — musical composition composed for such a mass
• Bulgarian: ре́квием (rékviem) — piece of music composed to honor a dead person
• Danish: rekviem — piece of music composed to honor a dead person
• Finnish: sielunmessu — piece of music composed to honor a dead person
• Finnish: sielumessu — piece of music composed to honor a dead person
• Finnish: requiem — piece of music composed to honor a dead person
• French: requiem — piece of music composed to honor a dead person
• Hungarian: rekviem — piece of music composed to honor a dead person
• Ido: requiem — piece of music composed to honor a dead person
• Japanese: 鎮魂歌 (chinkonka) — piece of music composed to honor a dead person
• Norwegian Bokmål: rekviem — piece of music composed to honor a dead person
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rekviem — piece of music composed to honor a dead person
• Russian: ре́квием (rɛ́kvijem) — piece of music composed to honor a dead person
• Slovak: rekviem — piece of music composed to honor a dead person
• Swedish: rekviem — piece of music composed to honor a dead person