dirge

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
2. (informal) A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring.

Verb

To sing dirges

Concepts

chant funèbre

complainte

élégie

thrène

chanson triste

chant

🎶

thrénodie

lamentation

requiem

Synonymes

lament

elegy

requiem

coronach

threnody

funeral song

service for the dead

sorrow

sad song

mournful melody

thrénodie

bridal march

Office for the Dead

dead-office

lamentation

dead march

monody

Traductions

Klagelied

endecha

nenia

Elegie

ağıt

canto fúnebre

treurzang

pranto

rèquiem

treno

plany

lijkzang

cant fúnebre

réquiem

requiem

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɜːdʒ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: dirige

In summary

From Middle English dirige, from Latin dirige (“steer, direct”), from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead, Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam. Doublet of dirige.