dirge

English

Etymology

From the beginning of an antiphon in the latin requiem (Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam)

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: dûj, IPA: /dɜːdʒ/, SAMPA: /d3:dZ/
• (US) enPR: dûrj, IPA: /dɝːdʒ/, SAMPA: /d3:rdZ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)dʒ

Noun

dirge (plural dirges)

1. A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

Synonyms

• lament, requiem, coronach, threnody, elegy

Translations

A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

Arabic: ترنيمة جنائزية (ar) Bulgarian: погребална песен (bg) f. Chinese: 挽歌 (wǎn gē) Finnish: surulaulu, valituslaulu

French: chant funèbre (fr) m. Irish: caoineadh (ga) Serbo-Croatian: tužaljka (sh), tužbalica (sh), naricaljka (sh), narikača (sh) Spanish: canto fúnebre m.

Anagrams

• gride
• ridge, Ridge