"threnody" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈθɹɛn.ə.di/ Audio: en-us-threnody.ogg Forms: threnodies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnədi Etymology: From Ancient Greek θρηνῳδία (thrēnōidía, “lamentation”). Compare the New Latin thrēnōdia. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|θρηνῳδία||lamentation}} Ancient Greek θρηνῳδία (thrēnōidía, “lamentation”), {{cog|NL.|thrēnōdia}} New Latin thrēnōdia Head templates: {{en-noun}} threnody (plural threnodies)
  1. A song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy. Wikipedia link: threnody Categories (topical): Poetry Synonyms: dirge, elegy, lamentation, threnedy [rare] Derived forms: threnodial, threnodic, threnodist Translations (a song or poem of lamentation): погреба́лна пе́сен (pogrebálna pésen) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 悲歌 (bei¹ go¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 哀歌 (oi¹ go¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 悲歌 (bēigē) (Chinese Mandarin), 哀歌 (āigē) (Chinese Mandarin), surulaulu (Finnish), thrène [masculine] (French), lamentation [feminine] (French), plainte [feminine] (French), thrénodie [feminine] (French), Threnodie [feminine] (German), gyászdal (Hungarian), gyászének (Hungarian), gyászköltemény (Hungarian), kesergő (Hungarian), elégia (Hungarian), 悲歌 (hika) (Japanese), 哀歌 (aika) (Japanese), エレジー (erejī) (Japanese), nenia [feminine] (Latin), threnus [masculine] (Latin), ре́дба (rédba) [feminine] (Macedonian), та́жалка (tážalka) [feminine] (Macedonian), по́гребна пе́сна (pógrebna pésna) [feminine] (Macedonian), klagesang [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), klagesong [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tren [masculine] (Polish), trenodia [feminine] (Portuguese), эле́гия (elégija) [feminine] (Russian), погреба́льная пе́снь (pogrebálʹnaja pésnʹ) [feminine] (Russian), елегија (Serbo-Croatian), жалопојка (Serbo-Croatian), treno [masculine] (Spanish), canto fúnebre [masculine] (Spanish), bài điếu ca (Vietnamese)

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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plainte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "thrénodie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Threnodie"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "word": "gyászdal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "word": "gyászének"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "word": "gyászköltemény"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "word": "kesergő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "word": "elégia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hika",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "word": "悲歌"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "aika",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "word": "哀歌"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "erejī",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "word": "エレジー"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nenia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "threnus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rédba",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ре́дба"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tážalka",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "та́жалка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pógrebna pésna",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "по́гребна пе́сна"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klagesang"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klagesong"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tren"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trenodia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "elégija",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эле́гия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pogrebálʹnaja pésnʹ",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "погреба́льная пе́снь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "word": "елегија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "word": "жалопојка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "treno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "canto fúnebre"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a song or poem of lamentation",
      "word": "bài điếu ca"
    }
  ],
  "word": "threnody"
}

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