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A song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dirge, elegy, lamentation
Antonyms: none provided
a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dirge, coronach, lament, requiem
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: song, vocal
Narrower terms: keen
From Ancient Greek θρηνῳδία (thrēnōidía, “lamentation”). Compare the New Latin thrēnōdia.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
погреба́лна пе́сен
(pogrebálna pésen)
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Chinese Cantonese:
悲歌
(bei1 go1)
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Chinese Cantonese:
哀歌
(oi1 go1)
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Chinese Mandarin:
悲歌
(bēigē)
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Chinese Mandarin:
哀歌
(āigē)
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Dutch:
klaagzang
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Finnish:
surulaulu
— a song or poem of lamentation
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French:
thrène
— a song or poem of lamentation
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French:
lamentation
— a song or poem of lamentation
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French:
plainte
— a song or poem of lamentation
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French:
thrénodie
— a song or poem of lamentation
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German:
Threnodie
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Hungarian:
gyászdal
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Hungarian:
gyászének
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Hungarian:
gyászköltemény
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Hungarian:
kesergő
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Hungarian:
elégia
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Japanese:
悲歌
(hika)
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Japanese:
哀歌
(aika)
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Japanese:
エレジー
(erejī)
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Latin:
nenia
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Latin:
threnus
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Macedonian:
ре́дба
(rédba)
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Macedonian:
та́жалка
(tážalka)
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Macedonian:
по́гребна пе́сна
(pógrebna pésna)
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Norwegian Bokmål:
klagesang
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
klagesong
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Polish:
tren
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Portuguese:
trenodia
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Russian:
эле́гия
(elégija)
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Russian:
погреба́льная пе́снь
(pogrebálʹnaja pésnʹ)
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Serbo-Croatian:
елегија
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Serbo-Croatian:
жалопојка
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Spanish:
treno
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Spanish:
canto fúnebre
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Tamil:
ஒப்பாரி
(oppāri)
— a song or poem of lamentation
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Vietnamese:
bài điếu ca
— a song or poem of lamentation
