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threne

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /θɹiːn/
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  • rhymes with -iːn

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noun

Meaning 1

a dirge or lamentation

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, XXI That City's sombre Patroness and Queen, In bronze sublimity she gazes forth Over her Capital of teen and threne

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin threnus, from Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos, “funeral lament”).

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: tren — a dirge or lamentation
  • French: thrène — a dirge or lamentation
  • German: Threnos — a dirge or lamentation
  • Italian: treno — a dirge or lamentation
  • Malayalam: ത്രെനോഡി (trenōḍi) — a dirge or lamentation
  • Norwegian: trenos — a dirge or lamentation
  • Polish: tren — a dirge or lamentation
  • Russian: погребальная песнь (pogrebalʹnaja pesnʹ) — a dirge or lamentation
  • Serbo-Croatian: тужбалица — a dirge or lamentation
  • Spanish: treno — a dirge or lamentation