Definify.com

Definition 2025

Elegie

Elegie

See also: elegie and élégie

German

Noun

Elegie f ‎(genitive Elegie, plural Elegien)

  1. elegy (mournful or plaintive poem or song)

Declension

elegie

elegie

See also: Elegie and élégie

Czech

Noun

elegie f

  1. elegy (mournful or plaintive poem or song)

Italian

Noun

elegie f

  1. plural of elegia

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1500 [1], borrowing from Latin elegia.

Noun

elegie f (plural elegies)

  1. elegy (poem)

References

  1. ↑ “élégie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iː

Similar Results