Dictionary

lamentation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌlæm.ɪnˈteɪ.ʃən/ (UK, US)
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• /ˌlæm.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/ (UK, US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Indo-European *léh₂mn̥tom Proto-Italic *lāmentom Latin lāmentum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin lāmentor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin lāmentātiōder. Middle French lamentationbor. ▲ Latin lāmentātiōlbor. Middle English lamentacioun English lamentation Recorded since 1375, from Middle English lamentacioun, from Middle French lamentation and its etymon Latin lāmentātiō (“wailing, moaning, weeping”), from the deponent verb lāmentor, from lāmentum (“wail; wailing”), itself from a Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to howl”), presumed ultimately imitative. Replaced Old English cwiþan. By surface analysis, lament + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of lamenting.
   • About John Marin, there move sad, disgruntled beings, full of talk and lamentations. [...] They bewail the fact that in America, soil is poor and unconducive to growth, and men remain unmoved by growing green. But Marin persists, and what ebullience and good humour, in the rocky ungentle loam? 1922 April, Paul Rosenfeld, “The Water-Colours of John Marin: A Note on the Work of the First American Painter of the Day”, in John Peale Bishop, editor, Vanity Fair, volume 18, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Vanity Fair Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 48, column 2:
2. (countable, uncountable) A sorrowful cry; a lament.
3. (countable, uncountable) Specifically, mourning.
4. (countable, uncountable) lamentatio, (part of) a liturgical Bible text (from the book of Job) and its musical settings, usually in the plural; hence, any dirge
5. (countable, uncountable) A group of swans.

Forms

Antonyms

jubilation · celebration

Relateds

lament · lamented · lamentable

Translations (65)

nl lamentatie (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · hi विलाप (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · ro lamentație (the act of lamenting) · mh aelim̧ō (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · ru стенание (the act of lamenting) · bg оплакване (mourning) · pl lament (mourning) · tr yas (mourning) · ga acaoineadh (the act of lamenting) · tr matem (mourning) · mk оплаку́вање (the act of lamenting) · it lamento (the act of lamenting) · pl lament (the act of lamenting) · hi विलाप (the act of lamenting) · fi valitus (the act of lamenting) · pl lamentowanie (mourning) · egy n:x-w-t-A2 (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · bg печал (the act of lamenting) · la lamentum (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · fi sureminen (mourning) · hi विलाप (mourning) · ota یاس (mourning) · ro lamentare (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · pl lamentacja (mourning) · ang hēofung (mourning) · bg вопъл (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · hy ողբ (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · ro doliu (mourning) · mh aelim̧ō (the act of lamenting) · txb kwasalñe (mourning) · la lāmentātiō (the act of lamenting) · pl lamentowanie (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · hy ողբ (the act of lamenting) · ckb ئاخ و واخ (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · hy ողբ (mourning) · ru плач (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · ru стенание (mourning) · pdt Jauma (mourning) · pl lamentacja (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · grc θρῆνος (mourning) · nl rouwklacht (mourning) · pl lamentacja (the act of lamenting) · nl geweeklaag (the act of lamenting) · pl stado (a group of swans) · ga acaoineadh (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · ee konyifafa (the act of lamenting) · pl lament (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · nl geklaag (the act of lamenting) · nl klagen (the act of lamenting) · ang ġeōmrung (the act of lamenting) · bg ридание (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · ee konyifafa (mourning) · ro lamentare (the act of lamenting) · bg тъга (the act of lamenting) · mk плач (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · mh aelim̧ō (mourning) · ee konyifafa (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · egy i-imi-m-w-A30 (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · ga mairgneach (the act of lamenting) · fi valitusvirsi (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · eo lamentado (a sorrowful cry; a lament) · mk оплаку́вање (mourning) · nl weeklagen (the act of lamenting) · ga mairgneach (mourning) · fi sureminen (the act of lamenting)

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