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elegy

Syllables: el·e·gy/ˈɛlɪd͡ʒi/

elegy noun: a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

Noun

elegy (plural elegies)

  1. A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
    • funeral elegy
    • pastoral elegy
  2. A composition of mournful character.
  3. A classical poem written in elegiac meter

elegy meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

elegy in Tamil

இரங்கற்பா, கையறம், சரமகவி

elegy in Urdu

مرثیہ

elegy in Bengali

শোকগাথা, শোকসংগীত

elegy in Malayalam

വിലാപകാവ്യം, ശോകഗാനം, വിലാപകാവ്യവൃത്തത്തിലെഴുതിയ കവിത
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elegy in Kannada
ಶೋಕಗೀತೆ ಯಾ ಶೋಕದ ಹಾಡು, ಚರಮಗೀತೆ, ವಿಲಾಪಗೀತೆ, ಅಳಲ ಹಾಡು
elegy in Tagalog
elehiya
elegy in Arabic
رِثَاء riṯāʔ, مَرْثِيَة marṯiya
elegy in Indonesian
elegi

Synonyms of elegy

  • monody. See dirge

Forms of elegy

pluralelegies

Plural of elegy: elegies

Origin of elegy

From Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), ellipsis of ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”).

Words formed from elegy

Questions about elegy

What does elegy mean?
Elegy means a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
What is elegy in Tamil?
Elegy in Tamil is இரங்கற்பா, கையறம், சரமகவி. See Elegy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is elegy?
Elegy is a noun.
How do you pronounce elegy?
Elegy is pronounced /ˈɛlɪd͡ʒi/ (UK).
What is the plural of elegy?
The plural of elegy is elegies.

Words near elegy in the dictionary

  1. elegization
  2. elegize
  3. elegized
  4. elegizes
  5. elegizing
  6. elegy
  7. Eleian
  8. Eleians
  9. eleidin
  10. Eleima
  11. Elejalde syndrome

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: elegy (page history and authors); elegy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); elegy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Elegy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); elegy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); elegy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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