elegy

el·e·gy  (l-j)

n. pl. el·e·gies

1. A poem composed in elegiac couplets.

2.

a. A poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person.

b. Something resembling such a poem or song.

3. Music A composition that is melancholy or pensive in tone.

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[French élégie, from Latin elega, from Greek elegeia, from pl. of elegeion, elegiac distich, from elegos, song, mournful song.]

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elegy [el-lij-ee]

Noun

pl -gies a mournful poem or song, esp. a lament for the dead [Greek elegos lament]

USAGE: Avoid confusion with eulogy.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

elegy - a mournful poem; a lament for the dead lament poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

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elegy

noun lament, requiem, dirge, plaint (archaic) threnody, keen, funeral song, coronach Scot., Irish funeral poem

Translations

elegy [ˈɛlɪdʒɪ] n → elegía

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elegy

n elegy [ˈelidʒi]

a song or poem of mourning. treursang, treurdig قصيدَه رِثائِيّه елегия elegie elegi; klagesang; sørgedigt die Elegie, das Klagelied ελεγεία elegía eleegia مرثیه؛ نوحه elegia, valitusruno élégie הֶספֵּד शोक-गीत elegija elégia, gyászdal lagu sedih harmljóð, tregaljóð elegia 哀歌 (죽음을 애도하는) 애가 elegija elēģija elegi elegie klagesang, elegi elegia elegia elegie элегия elégia žalostinka elegija elegi บทกลอนแห่งความเสียใจ ağıt, mersiye 哀歌，挽歌 елегія حزنیہ گیت khúc bi ai 哀歌，挽歌