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From Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós, “of or relating to tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”), a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians.

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: tragies — causing great sadness
• Arabic: مَأْسَاوِيّ (maʔsāwiyy) — causing great sadness
• Arabic: تْرَاجِيدِيّ (trājīdiyy) — causing great sadness
• Armenian: ողբերգական (oġbergakan) — causing great sadness
• Belarusian: трагі́чны (trahíčny) — causing great sadness
• Bulgarian: траги́чен (tragíčen) — causing great sadness
• Catalan: tràgic — causing great sadness
• Chinese Mandarin: 悲劇的 /悲剧的 (bēijù de) — causing great sadness
• Chinese Mandarin: 悲痛的 (bēitòng de) — causing great sadness
• Czech: tragický — causing great sadness
• Danish: tragisk — causing great sadness
• Dutch: tragisch — causing great sadness
• Esperanto: tragika — causing great sadness
• Estonian: traagiline — causing great sadness
• Finnish: murheellinen — causing great sadness
• Finnish: traaginen — causing great sadness
• French: tragique — causing great sadness
• Galician: tráxico — causing great sadness
• Georgian: ტრაგიკული (ṭragiḳuli) — causing great sadness
• German: tragisch — causing great sadness
• Greek: τραγικός (tragikós) — causing great sadness
• Hebrew: טְרָגִי (trági) — causing great sadness
• Hindi: त्रासदिक (trāsdik) — causing great sadness
• Hindi: वियोगांत (viyogānt) — causing great sadness
• Hindi: दुःखांत (duḥkhānt) — causing great sadness
• Hindi: दुःखात्मक (duḥkhātmak) — causing great sadness
• Hindi: दर्दनाक (dardanāk) — causing great sadness
• Hindi: अंदोहनाक (andohnāk) — causing great sadness
• Hungarian: tragikus — causing great sadness
• Icelandic: sorglegur — causing great sadness
• Ingrian: murheelliin — causing great sadness
• Italian: tragico — causing great sadness
• Japanese: 悲惨な (hisan na) — causing great sadness
• Korean: 비참하다 (bichamhada) — causing great sadness
• Latvian: traģisks — causing great sadness
• Lithuanian: tragiškas — causing great sadness
• Macedonian: тра́гичен (trágičen) — causing great sadness
• Māori: whakahiatangi — causing great sadness
• Navajo: hóyééʼ — causing great sadness
• Norwegian Bokmål: tragisk — causing great sadness
• Pannonian Rusyn: траґични (tragični) — causing great sadness
• Piedmontese: tràgich — causing great sadness
• Polish: tragiczny — causing great sadness
• Portuguese: trágico — causing great sadness
• Romanian: tragic — causing great sadness
• Russian: траги́ческий (tragíčeskij) — causing great sadness
• Russian: траги́чный (tragíčnyj) — causing great sadness
• Serbo-Croatian: тра̀гичан — causing great sadness
• Serbo-Croatian: tràgičan — causing great sadness
• Slovak: tragický — causing great sadness
• Slovene: tragičen — causing great sadness
• Spanish: trágico — causing great sadness
• Swedish: tragisk — causing great sadness
• Tagalog: matrahedya — causing great sadness
• Thai: น่าเศร้า — causing great sadness
• Turkish: trajik — causing great sadness
• Ukrainian: трагі́чний (trahíčnyj) — causing great sadness
• Armenian: ողբերգական (oġbergakan) — relating to tragedy
• Belarusian: трагі́чны (trahíčny) — relating to tragedy
• Bulgarian: траги́чен (tragíčen) — relating to tragedy
• Catalan: tràgic — relating to tragedy
• Dutch: tragisch — relating to tragedy
• Esperanto: tragedia — relating to tragedy
• Finnish: traaginen — relating to tragedy
• French: tragique — relating to tragedy
• Galician: tráxico — relating to tragedy
• German: tragisch — relating to tragedy
• Greek: τραγικός (tragikós) — relating to tragedy
• Ancient Greek: τραγικός (tragikós) — relating to tragedy
• Hebrew: טְרָגִי (trági) — relating to tragedy
• Hungarian: tragikus — relating to tragedy
• Indonesian: tragis — relating to tragedy
• Italian: tragico — relating to tragedy
• Japanese: 悲劇の (higeki no) — relating to tragedy
• Korean: 비극의 (bigeug-ui) — relating to tragedy
• Latin: tragicus — relating to tragedy
• Macedonian: тра́гичен (trágičen) — relating to tragedy
• Malay: tragik — relating to tragedy
• Pannonian Rusyn: траґични (tragični) — relating to tragedy
• Piedmontese: tràgich — relating to tragedy
• Polish: tragiczny — relating to tragedy
• Portuguese: trágico — relating to tragedy
• Russian: траги́ческий (tragíčeskij) — relating to tragedy
• Spanish: trágico — relating to tragedy
• Swedish: tragisk — relating to tragedy
• Tagalog: matrahedya — relating to tragedy
• Ukrainian: трагі́чний (trahíčnyj) — relating to tragedy