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 [ˈɛlɪdʒɪ]

n pl -gies

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a mournful or plaintive poem or song, esp a lament for the dead

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) poetry or a poem written in elegiac couplets or stanzas

[via French and Latin from Greek elegeia, from elegos lament sung to flute accompaniment]

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 a moving elegy for a lost friend

Translations

elegy [ˈelɪdʒɪ] N → elegía f

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elegy [ˈɛlɪdʒi] n (= poem) → élégie f
an elegy for sb → une élégie pour qn

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elegy

n → Elegie f

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elegy [ˈɛlɪdʒɪ] n → elegia

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elegy [ˈɛlɪdʒɪ] n → elegia

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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 élégie הֶספֵּד शोक-गीत elegija elégia, gyászdal lagu sedih harmljóð, tregaljóð elegia 哀歌 애가(哀歌) elegija elēģija elegi elegie klagesang, elegi elegia elegia elegie элегия elégia žalostinka elegija elegi บทกลอนแห่งความเสียใจ ağıt, mersiye 哀歌，輓歌 елегія حزنیہ گیت khúc bi ai 哀歌，挽歌