Fittingly, her last composition was a dirge.
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Dirge
//dɜːdʒ//
Synonyms for "dirge" (187 found)
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Closest matches (38)
Strong matches (56)
clerihewcoronachcortegecrooncroon songdead marchdeath knelldeath songdeathwatchdeep sixdeploredithyrambdittydrinking songdry masseclogueelegizeelegyenglish sonnetepic
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epicediumepigramepithalamiumepodeepopeeepopoeiaeposeucharistic riteseulogyexequiesextreme unctionfolk songfuneralfuneral marchfuneral orationfuneral ritesfuneral songgeorgicghazelgive sorrow wordsgraveside orationgrievehaikuhoratian odehymenealidyllitalian sonnetjinglekeenknellkunstliedlady masslast dutylast honorslast offices
Noun(1 words)
Related words (93)
last riteslayliebesliedliedliltlimericklove songlove-liltlow masslyricmadrigalmassmatinminstrel songminstrelsymissamissa bassamissa cantatamissa legatamissa media
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missa praesanctificatorummissa privatamissa publicamissa siccamoanmonodymournmuffled drumsnarrative poemnational anthemnoelnursery rhymeobsequiesodepalinodepassing bellpastoralpastoral elegypastorelapastourellepetrarchan sonnetpindaric odepoemprothalamiumrepinerequiemrequiem massrhymerondeaurondelrosaryrosary massroundelroundelaysapphic odesatireserenaserenadeserenatasestinashakespearean sonnetsighsing the bluesslokasongsonnetsonnet sequencesorrowtankatapstensotenzonethe divine liturgythe liturgytheme songthrenodethrenodytorch songtriolettroubadour poemverseverseletversicleviaticumvillanellevirelayvolksliedwakewar songwedding songweepweep over
Noun(1 words)
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4 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
77 translations across 30 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- treurlied noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Albanian
4 entries- gjâmë noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- gjëmë noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- lashtërishtë noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- ligje noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- θρῆνος noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Arabic
1 entries- تَرْنِيمَة جَنَائِزِيَّة noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Bashkir
1 entries- йыназа noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Bulgarian
1 entries- погреба́лна пе́сен noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Catalan
3 entries- cant fúnebre noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- complanta noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- plany noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 哀樂 /哀乐 noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- 哀歌 noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 哀樂 /哀乐 noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- 哀歌 noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- 輓歌 /挽歌 noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Czech
3 entries- pohřební píseň noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- truchlozpěv noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- žalozpěv noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Dutch
4 entries- lijkzang noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- rouwzang noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- treurlied noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- treurzang noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Finnish
2 entries- surulaulu noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- suruvirsi noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
French
1 entries- chant funèbre noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
German
3 entries- Grabsang noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- Klagelied noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- Trauersang noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Hungarian
4 entries- gyászdal noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- gyászének noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- halotti ének noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- kesergő noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Irish
1 entries- caoineadh noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Italian
3 entries- lagna noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- lamentazione noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- nenia noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Japanese
2 entries- 哀歌 noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- 弔歌 noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Korean
4 entries- 만가 noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- 비가 noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- 애가 noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- 장송가 noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Latin
4 entries- aelinos noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- mortuālium noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- nēnia noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- threnus noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Macedonian
2 entries- ре́дба noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- та́жалка noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Māori
4 entries- apakura noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- matatangitangi noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- pihe noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- pōhangahanga noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Old English
1 entries- fūslēoþ noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Polish
1 entries- pieśń żałobna noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Portuguese
3 entries- elegia noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- nénia noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- nênia noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Romanian
3 entries- cântec funebru noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- elegie noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- recviem noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Russian
3 entries- панихи́да noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- погреба́льная песнь noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- ре́квием noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- naricaljka noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- narikača noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- tužaljka noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
- tužbalica noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Spanish
1 entries- canto fúnebre noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Yiddish
1 entries- קלאָגליד noun (mournful poem or piece of music)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
When I first tried to play the dirge, I only got through a dozen measures before breaking down in tears.
Source: tatoeba (11059417)
Tom composed a dirge for Mary.
Source: tatoeba (12116832)
Tom composed a dirge to honor the late emperor.
Source: tatoeba (12116834)
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