elegy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), ellipsis of ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”).
Meanings
-
A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
He composed an elegy for his late friend.
funeral elegy
pastoral elegy
solemn elegy
- A composition of mournful character.
- A classical poem written in elegiac meter
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| elegies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
requiem · jeremiad · poem but with more emphasis on bitterness and impending doom
Deriveds
elegist · elegiac · elegiographer · elegize · elegiast
Synonyms
Translations (68)
cy marwnad (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · fi elegia (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · ja 悲歌 (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · tr sagu (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · sh tužbalica (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · pt elegia (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · es endecha (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · zza hewal (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · yi עלעגיע (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · gl elexía (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · gd tuireadh (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · sh elegija (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · de Elegie (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · ru эле́гия (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · tr mersiye (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · bg елегия (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · cs elegie (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · bo སྨྲེ་ངག (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · tl elehiya (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · es nenia (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · ro elegie (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · fr élégie (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · sh žalopojka (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · pl elegia (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · la elegī (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · bo གདུང་དབྱངས (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · he קִנָּה (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · ko 만가 (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · la elegīa (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · id elegi (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · da klagesang (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · he אלגיה (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · da sørgedigt (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · ja エレジー (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · uk еле́гія (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · fi suruvirsi (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · el ελεγεία (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · gd cumha (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · mk еле́гија (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · lad endecha (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · ang līclēoþ (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · sh narikača (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · gd marbhrann (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · ht eleji (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · ja 哀歌 (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · sv elegi (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · nl klaaglied (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · grc ἐλεγεία (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · cmn 哀歌 (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · es elegía (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · tr ağıt (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · ca elegia (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · ga marbhna (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · mga marbnad (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · bo སྐྱོ་གླུ (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · gd marbhnach (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · fi valitusvirsi (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · nan-hbl 哀歌 (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · es epicedio (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · da elegi (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · cs žalozpěv (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · ar مَرْثِيَة (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · eo elegio (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · sk elégia (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · ar رِثَاء (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · hu elégia (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · es epiceyo (mournful or plaintive poem or song) · cmn 挽歌 (mournful or plaintive poem or song)