requiem

See also: Requiem, réquiem, and rèquiem

English

WOTD – 29 August 2009

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛkwɪəm/, /ˈɹɛkwiɛm/, /ˈɹɛːkwiəm/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛ.kwi.əm/
• Hyphenation: re‧qui‧em

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Etymology 1

From Middle English requiem, from Latin requiem, the first word of the introit for the traditional requiem mass, an alternative accusative case of Latin requiēs (“rest, repose”), from re- (“again”) + quiēs (“rest, quiet”).

Noun

requiem (plural requiems)

1. A mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
2. A musical composition for such a mass.
3. A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
4. (obsolete) rest; peace

Coordinate terms

• dirge, elegy, threnody – funeral songs

Derived terms

• requiem mass

Related terms

• requiescat
• See related terms of quiet

Translations

mass to honor and remember a dead person

• Bulgarian: панахида f (panahida)
• Catalan: rèquiem m
• Czech: rekviem n
• Danish: rekviem (da) n
• Dutch: requiem (nl), dodenmis (nl)
• Faroese: sálarmessa f
• Finnish: sielunmessu (fi)
• French: requiem (fr) m
• German: Requiem (de) n, Totenmesse (de) f, Seelenmesse f
• Greek: μνημόσυνο (el) n (mnimósyno)
• Hungarian: rekviem (hu), gyászmise (hu)
• Icelandic: sálumessa f
• Ido: requiem (io)
• Indonesian: rekuiem (id)
• Italian: requiem (it), messa funebre f, onoranze funebri f or f pl
• Japanese: 死者のためのミサ (shishano tame no misa), 引導 (ja) (indou)
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• Middle English: requiem
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rekviem n

  Nynorsk: rekviem n

• Polish: msza za zmarłych f, rekwiem n, requiem (pl) n
• Portuguese: réquiem (pt) m
• Russian: ре́квием (ru) m (rékvijem)
• Serbo-Croatian: opelo (sh)
• Spanish: réquiem (es) m
• Swedish: rekviem (sv) n
• Ukrainian: ре́квієм m (rékvijem)

musical composition composed for such a mass

• Bulgarian: реквием m (rekviem)
• Catalan: rèquiem m
• Czech: rekviem n
• Danish: rekviem (da) n
• Dutch: requiem (nl), dodenmis (nl)
• Finnish: requiem (fi)
• French: requiem (fr) m
• German: Requiem (de) n, Totenmesse (de) f
• Hungarian: rekviem (hu)
• Icelandic: sálumessa f
• Ido: requiem (io)
• Japanese: 鎮魂歌 (chinkonka)
• Ladino: endecha
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rekviem n

  Nynorsk: rekviem n

• Polish: rekwiem n, requiem (pl) n
• Portuguese: réquiem (pt) m
• Spanish: réquiem (es) m
• Swedish: rekviem (sv) n
• Turkish: ağıt (tr)
• Zazaki: hewal

piece of music composed to honor a dead person

• Bulgarian: реквием m (rekviem)
• Danish: rekviem (da) n
• Finnish: requiem (fi)
• French: requiem (fr) m
• Hungarian: rekviem (hu)
• Ido: requiem (io)
• Japanese: 鎮魂歌 (chinkonka)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rekviem n

  Nynorsk: rekviem n

• Swedish: rekviem (sv) n

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} réquiem (es)
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Etymology 2

From French requin, altered by association with Etymology 1, above.

Noun

requiem (plural requiems)

1. A large or dangerous shark, specifically, (zoology) a member of the family Carcharhinidae.
   • 1973, Patrick Buchanan, A Requiem of Sharks:

     Any man-eater is called a requiem.

Derived terms

• requiem shark

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛkvɪjɛm]

Noun

requiem n (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of rekviem

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.kɥi.jɛm/, /ʁe.kwi.jɛm/

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Noun

requiem m (plural requiems)

1. requiem

Further reading

• “requiem”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin requiem [​aeternam dōnā eīs, Domine​] (“Grant them eternal rest, O Lord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.kwjem/
• Rhymes: -ɛkwjem
• Hyphenation: rè‧quiem

Noun

requiem m (invariable)

1. requiem

Related terms

• requie
• messa funebre
• messa da requiem
• onoranze funebri

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈre.kʷi.em/, [ˈrɛkʷiɛ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.kwi.em/, [ˈrɛːkwiem]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) requiem

1. accusative singular of requiēs

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Middle English

Etymology

From Latin requiem, the first word of the introit for the traditional requiem mass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛkwiɛm/

Noun

requiem (Late Middle English)

1. requiem (mass for commemoration of the dead)
2. (rare) death, eternal peace

Descendants

• English: requiem
• Scots: requiem (obsolete)

References

• “requiem, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Polish

Alternative forms

• rekwiem

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin requiem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈkfi.ɛm/

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• Rhymes: -iɛm
• Syllabification: re‧qui‧em

Noun

requiem n (indeclinable)

1. (music) requiem (musical composition composed for such a mass)
2. (Roman Catholicism) requiem (mass to honor and remember a dead person)

Related terms

adjective

• rekwialny

 

Further reading

• requiem in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• requiem in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Noun

requiem m (plural requiens)

1. Alternative spelling of réquiem