Masculine

réquiem

Meaning

  1. (masculine) requiem (mass to honour and remember a dead person)
  2. (masculine) requiem (musical composition)

Hyphenated as
ré‧quiem
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈrekjem/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin requiem, the first word of the introit for the traditional requiem mass, an alternative accusative case of Latin requiēs (“rest, repose”).

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