dirge

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: dûj, IPA^(key): /dɜːdʒ/
• (US) enPR: dûrj, IPA^(key): /dɝːdʒ/

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• 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

Related terms

• dirgeful

Translations

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

• Afrikaans: treurlied
• Arabic: تَرْنِيمَة جَنَائِزِيَّة‎ f (tarnīma(t) janāʾiziyya)
• Bulgarian: погреба́лна пе́сен f (pogrebálna pésen)
• Catalan: complanta f, plany (ca) m, cant fúnebre m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輓歌 (zh), 挽歌 (zh) (wǎngē), 哀樂 (zh), 哀乐 (zh) (āiyuè), 哀歌 (zh) (āigē)

• Dutch: lijkzang m, treurzang m, treurlied n, rouwzang m
• Finnish: surulaulu, valituslaulu
• French: chant funèbre m
• German: Klagelied (de) n, Trauersang m, Grabsang m
• Irish: caoineadh

• Japanese: 哀歌 (あいか, aika), 弔歌 (ちょうか, chōka)
• Korean: 장송가 (jangsongga), 만가 (ko) (man-ga), 비가 (biga), 조시 (josi), 애가 (ko) (aega)
• Latin: aelinos m, nenia f, threnus m
• Maori: apakura, pihe, tūkeka, matatangitangi
• Portuguese: elegia (pt) f, nénia f (Portugal), nênia (pt) f (Brazil)
• Russian: погреба́льная песнь f (pogrebálʹnaja pesnʹ), панихи́да (ru) f (panixída)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: tužaljka (sh), tužbalica (sh), naricaljka (sh), narikača (sh)

• Spanish: canto fúnebre m
• Yiddish: קלאָגליד‎ n (kloglid)

Anagrams

• Ridge, gride, ridge