tragedie

Concepts

tragedy

buskin

calamity

catastrophe

cothurnus

accident

hecatomb

misery

misfortune

natural disaster

disaster

Opposite of

blijspel, komedie

Synonyms

treurspel

catastrofe

ramp

cataclysme

tragiek

calamiteit

rampspoed

Translations

Tragödie

tragédie

Trauerspiel

tragédia

tragedia

τραγωδία

tragèdia

مأساة

نكبة

Kataklysmus

فاجعة

Katastrophe

Naturkatastrophe

Schicksalsschlag

كارثة

Etymology

From Old French tragedie, from Latin tragoedia, from Ancient Greek τραγῳδία (tragōidía, “epic play, tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”), a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians.