Threnody

//ˈθɹɛn.ə.di//

Synonyms for "threnody" (39 found)

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Translations

37 translations across 20 languages.

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Bulgarian

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  • погреба́лна пе́сен noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 哀歌 noun (a song or poem of lamentation)
  • 悲歌 noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 哀歌 noun (a song or poem of lamentation)
  • 悲歌 noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

Dutch

1 entries
  • klaagzang noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

Finnish

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  • surulaulu noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

French

4 entries
  • lamentation noun (a song or poem of lamentation)
  • plainte noun (a song or poem of lamentation)
  • thrène noun (a song or poem of lamentation)
  • thrénodie noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

German

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  • Threnodie noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • elégia noun (a song or poem of lamentation)
  • gyászdal noun (a song or poem of lamentation)
  • gyászköltemény noun (a song or poem of lamentation)
  • gyászének noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

Japanese

3 entries
  • エレジー noun (a song or poem of lamentation)
  • 哀歌 noun (a song or poem of lamentation)
  • 悲歌 noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

Latin

2 entries
  • nenia noun (a song or poem of lamentation)
  • threnus noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • по́гребна пе́сна noun (a song or poem of lamentation)
  • ре́дба noun (a song or poem of lamentation)
  • та́жалка noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • klagesang noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • klagesong noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

Polish

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  • tren noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • trenodia noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

Russian

2 entries
  • погреба́льная пе́снь noun (a song or poem of lamentation)
  • эле́гия noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • елегија noun (a song or poem of lamentation)
  • жалопојка noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

Spanish

2 entries
  • canto fúnebre noun (a song or poem of lamentation)
  • treno noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

Tamil

1 entries
  • ஒப்பாரி noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • bài điếu ca noun (a song or poem of lamentation)

Sample sentences

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The fifer actually knew but one tune "The Bonnie Blue Flag"—and did not know that well. But it was all that he had, and he played it with wearisome monotony for every camp call. . . . I never hated any piece of music as I came to hate that threnody of treason.

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A strongly personal note runs through Kenneth Leighton's Improvisation (Novello, 35p), which is a threnody in memory of Maurice de Sausmārez. Gently undulating, cantabile lines of ‘mourning’ alternate with sharp, anguished note-clusters which work up to a fierce paroxysm of grief.

Source: wiktionary

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