"elegiac" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪək/, /ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪæk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-elegiac.wav Forms: more elegiac [comparative], most elegiac [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪək, -aɪæk Etymology: From Middle French élégiaque, from Latin elegīacus, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|élégiaque}} Middle French élégiaque, {{der|en|la|elegīacus}} Latin elegīacus, {{der|en|grc|ἐλεγειακός}} Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós) Head templates: {{en-adj}} elegiac (comparative more elegiac, superlative most elegiac)
  1. Of or relating to an elegy. Categories (topical): Poetry Translations (of or relating to an elegy): елегичен (elegičen) (Bulgarian), elegíac (Catalan), eleginen (Finnish), élégiaque (French), elexíaco (Galician), ელეგიური (elegiuri) (Georgian), elegisch (German), elegiaco (Italian), елегиски (elegiski) (Macedonian), elegiacki (Polish), elegijny (Polish), elegíaco (Portuguese), elegiac (Romanian), elegíaco (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-elegiac-en-adj-mMEnfK2y Disambiguation of Poetry: 44 3 53 Disambiguation of 'of or relating to an elegy': 98 2
  2. Expressing sorrow or mourning. Synonyms: sorrowful, mournful, sad
    Sense id: en-elegiac-en-adj-TQfZ0a2F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: elegiacal, elegiacally, elegiac couplet, elegiac pentameter, unelegiac

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪək/, /ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪæk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-elegiac.wav Forms: elegiacs [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪək, -aɪæk Etymology: From Middle French élégiaque, from Latin elegīacus, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|élégiaque}} Middle French élégiaque, {{der|en|la|elegīacus}} Latin elegīacus, {{der|en|grc|ἐλεγειακός}} Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós) Head templates: {{en-noun}} elegiac (plural elegiacs)
  1. A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter. Categories (topical): Poetry
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Adjective [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French élégiaque. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|fr|élégiaque}} Borrowed from French élégiaque Head templates: {{ro-adj}} elegiac m or n (feminine singular elegiacă, masculine plural elegiaci, feminine and neuter plural elegiace) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-adj}} Forms: elegiacă [feminine, singular], elegiaci [masculine, plural], elegiace [feminine, neuter, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], elegiac [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, masculine, neuter, singular], elegiacă [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, indefinite, singular], elegiaci [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, masculine, plural], elegiace [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, indefinite, neuter, plural], elegiacul [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, neuter, singular], elegiaca [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, singular], elegiacii [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, plural], elegiacele [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, neuter, plural], elegiace [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, indefinite, singular], elegiacului [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, neuter, singular], elegiacei [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, singular], elegiacilor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, masculine, plural], elegiacelor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, neuter, plural]
  1. elegiac Tags: masculine, neuter
    Sense id: en-elegiac-ro-adj-ew2RwEBW Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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