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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɜːdʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɝd͡ʒ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-dirge.ogg Forms: dirges [plural]
enPR: dûj [Received-Pronunciation], dûrj [General-American] Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ Etymology: From Middle English dirige, from Latin dirige (“steer, direct”), from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead, Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam. Doublet of dirige. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dirige}} Middle English dirige, {{der|en|la|dirige||steer, direct}} Latin dirige (“steer, direct”), {{lang|la|Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam}} Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam, {{doublet|en|dirige}} Doublet of dirige Head templates: {{en-noun}} dirge (plural dirges)
  1. A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. Categories (topical): Funeral, Music, Poetry Synonyms: lament, requiem, coronach, threnody, elegy, trental Translations (mournful poem or piece of music): treurlied (Afrikaans), ligje (Albanian), gjëmë (Albanian), gjâmë [Gheg] (Albanian), vajtim (Albanian), pleqërishtë (Albanian), lashtërishtë (Albanian), θρῆνος (thrênos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), تَرْنِيمَة جَنَائِزِيَّة (alt: tarnīma(t) janāʔiziyya) [feminine] (Arabic), йыназа (yınaza) (Bashkir), погреба́лна пе́сен (pogrebálna pésen) [feminine] (Bulgarian), complanta [feminine] (Catalan), plany [masculine] (Catalan), cant fúnebre [masculine] (Catalan), 哀樂 (Chinese Cantonese), 哀乐 (oi¹ ngok⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 哀歌 (oi¹ go¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 輓歌 (Chinese Mandarin), 挽歌 (wǎngē) (Chinese Mandarin), 哀樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 哀乐 (āiyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), 哀歌 (āigē) (Chinese Mandarin), truchlozpěv [masculine] (Czech), žalozpěv [masculine] (Czech), pohřební píseň [feminine] (Czech), lijkzang [masculine] (Dutch), treurzang [masculine] (Dutch), treurlied [neuter] (Dutch), rouwzang [masculine] (Dutch), surulaulu (Finnish), suruvirsi (Finnish), chant funèbre [masculine] (French), Klagelied [neuter] (German), Trauersang [masculine] (German), Grabsang [masculine] (German), gyászének (Hungarian), gyászdal (Hungarian), panaszdal (Hungarian), halotti ének (Hungarian), kesergő (Hungarian), siratóének (Hungarian), caoineadh (Irish), nenia [feminine] (Italian), lamentazione [feminine] (Italian), lagna [feminine] (Italian), 哀歌 (aika) (alt: あいか) (Japanese), 弔歌 (chōka) (alt: ちょうか) (Japanese), 장송가 (jangsongga) (Korean), 만가 (man'ga) (Korean), 비가 (biga) (Korean), 조시 (josi) (Korean), 애가 (aega) (Korean), nēnia [feminine] (Latin), mortuālium [neuter] (Latin), aelinos [masculine] (Latin), threnus [masculine] (Latin), ре́дба (rédba) [feminine] (Macedonian), та́жалка (tážalka) [feminine] (Macedonian), apakura (Maori), pihe (Maori), tūkeka (Maori), matatangitangi (Maori), fūslēoþ [neuter] (Old English), pieśń żałobna [feminine] (Polish), elegia [feminine] (Portuguese), nénia [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), nênia [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), cântec funebru [neuter] (Romanian), elegie [feminine] (Romanian), recviem [neuter] (Romanian), погреба́льная песнь (pogrebálʹnaja pesnʹ) [feminine] (Russian), панихи́да (panixída) [feminine] (Russian), ре́квием (rékvijem) [masculine] (Russian), tužaljka [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), tužbalica [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), naricaljka [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), narikača [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), canto fúnebre [masculine] (Spanish), קלאָגליד (kloglid) [neuter] (Yiddish)
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  2. (informal) A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-dirge-en-noun-BtixOv~e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dirgelike, dirgy Related terms: dirgeful

Verb [English]

IPA: /dɜːdʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɝd͡ʒ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-dirge.ogg Forms: dirges [present, singular, third-person], dirging [participle, present], dirged [participle, past], dirged [past]
enPR: dûj [Received-Pronunciation], dûrj [General-American] Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ Etymology: From Middle English dirige, from Latin dirige (“steer, direct”), from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead, Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam. Doublet of dirige. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dirige}} Middle English dirige, {{der|en|la|dirige||steer, direct}} Latin dirige (“steer, direct”), {{lang|la|Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam}} Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam, {{doublet|en|dirige}} Doublet of dirige Head templates: {{en-verb}} dirge (third-person singular simple present dirges, present participle dirging, simple past and past participle dirged)
  1. To sing dirges
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Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} dirge
  1. Alternative form of dirige Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dirige
    Sense id: en-dirge-enm-noun-Zg6OKHRj Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

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          "text": "While I watched the tempest, so beautiful yet terrific, I wandered on with a hasty step. This noble war in the sky elevated my spirits; I clasped my hands, and exclaimed aloud, “William, dear angel! this is thy funeral, this thy dirge!”",
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      "sense": "mournful poem or piece of music",
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      "word": "chant funèbre"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "mournful poem or piece of music",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "mournful poem or piece of music",
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      "sense": "mournful poem or piece of music",
      "word": "장송가"
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "mournful poem or piece of music",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "mournful poem or piece of music",
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      "word": "pieśń żałobna"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "mournful poem or piece of music",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "elegia"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "mournful poem or piece of music",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "elegie"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mournful poem or piece of music",
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      "word": "recviem"
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      "word": "ре́квием"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "mournful poem or piece of music",
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      "word": "tužaljka"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mournful poem or piece of music",
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