"elegy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛlɪd͡ʒi/ [Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-uk-elegy.ogg [UK], en-ca-elegy.opus [Canada] Forms: elegies [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|elegie}} Middle French elegie, {{der|en|la|elegīa}} Latin elegīa, {{der|en|grc|ἐλεγείᾱ}} Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), {{m|grc|ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή||an elegiac song}} ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} elegy (plural elegies)
  1. A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation. Categories (topical): Funeral, Literary genres, Poetry Translations (mournful or plaintive poem or song): ἐλεγεία (elegeía) (Ancient Greek), رِثَاء (riṯāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), مَرْثِيَة (marṯiya) [feminine] (Arabic), елегия (elegija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), elegia [feminine] (Catalan), 哀歌 (ai-ko) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 挽歌 (wǎngē) (alt: trad. variant: 輓歌/挽歌 (wǎngē)) (Chinese Mandarin), 哀歌 (āigē) (Chinese Mandarin), žalozpěv [masculine] (Czech), elegie [feminine] (Czech), elegi [common-gender] (Danish), klagesang [common-gender] (Danish), sørgedigt [neuter] (Danish), klaaglied [neuter] (Dutch), elegio (Esperanto), suruvirsi (Finnish), valitusvirsi (Finnish), elegia (Finnish), élégie [feminine] (French), elexía [feminine] (Galician), Elegie [feminine] (German), ελεγεία (elegeía) (Greek), קִנָּה (kiná) (Hebrew), elegi (Indonesian), marbhna [masculine] (Irish), 哀歌 (aika) (alt: あいか) (Japanese), 만가 (man'ga) (Korean), endecha (Ladino), elegīa [feminine] (Latin), elegī [masculine, plural] (Latin), еле́гија (elégija) [feminine] (Macedonian), līclēoþ [neuter] (Old English), marbnad [feminine] (Old Irish), elegia [feminine] (Polish), elegia [feminine] (Portuguese), elegie [feminine] (Romanian), эле́гия (elégija) [feminine] (Russian), cumha [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), tuireadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), marbhnach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), marbhrann [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), narikača [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), žalopojka [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tužbalica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), elegija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), elegía [feminine] (Spanish), elegi [common-gender] (Swedish), elehiya (Tagalog), ağıt (Turkish), sagu (Turkish), mersiye (Turkish), marwnad [feminine] (Welsh), עלעגיע (elegye) [feminine] (Yiddish), hewal (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-elegy-en-noun-NaYStYVR Disambiguation of Funeral: 63 12 25 Disambiguation of Literary genres: 36 24 41 Disambiguation of Poetry: 39 22 38 Disambiguation of 'mournful or plaintive poem or song': 67 15 18
  2. (music) A composition of mournful character. Categories (topical): Music, Literary genres, Poetry
    Sense id: en-elegy-en-noun-zm2EIDE8 Disambiguation of Literary genres: 36 24 41 Disambiguation of Poetry: 39 22 38 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. A classical poem written in elegiac meter Categories (topical): Literary genres, Poetry
    Sense id: en-elegy-en-noun-fgk1waBY Disambiguation of Literary genres: 36 24 41 Disambiguation of Poetry: 39 22 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 8 68 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 15 62 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 25 14 61 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 25 11 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dirge Derived forms: elegiac, elegiast, elegist Coordinate_terms: requiem (english: a piece of music played at a mass for the dead)

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      "word": "만가"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "elegia"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "narikača"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "mournful or plaintive poem or song",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "mournful or plaintive poem or song",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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    {
      "code": "tl",
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    },
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "mournful or plaintive poem or song",
      "word": "ağıt"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "mournful or plaintive poem or song",
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    {
      "code": "yi",
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      "sense": "mournful or plaintive poem or song",
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      "word": "עלעגיע"
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      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "mournful or plaintive poem or song",
      "word": "hewal"
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