"tragédie" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /tʁa.ʒe.di/ Audio: Fr-tragédie.ogg Forms: tragédies [plural]
Rhymes: -i Etymology: From Old French tragedie, a borrowing from Latin tragoedia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τραγῳδία (tragōidía, “epic play, tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”), a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|tragedie}} Old French tragedie, {{der|fr|la|tragoedia}} Latin tragoedia, {{der|fr|grc|τραγῳδία||epic play, tragedy}} Ancient Greek τραγῳδία (tragōidía, “epic play, tragedy”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f|~}} tragédie f (countable and uncountable, plural tragédies)
  1. (theater, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) tragedy Tags: Ancient-Rome, countable, feminine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tragédie-fr-noun-C~aMj1hT Categories (other): Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Theater, Drama Disambiguation of Drama: 55 45 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
  2. tragedy (tragic event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury) Tags: countable, feminine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tragédie-fr-noun-izSM30Xp Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Drama Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Drama: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tragique

Inflected forms

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