lugubre

See also: lúgubre

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lūgubris (“mournful; gloomy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly.ɡybʁ/

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Adjective

lugubre (plural lugubres)

1. gloomy, mournful, lugubrious

Derived terms

• lugubrement

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lūgubris (“mournful; gloomy”), possibly a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɡu.bre/
• Rhymes: -uɡubre
• Hyphenation: lù‧gu‧bre

Adjective

lugubre m or f by sense (plural lugubri)

1. gloomy, dismal, lugubrious

Derived terms

• lugubremente

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫuː.ɡʊ.brɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈluː.ɡu.bre]

Adjective

lūgubre

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of lūgubris

References

• “lugubre”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lugubre”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “lugubre”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

lugubre

1. definite singular/plural of luguber

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

lugubre

1. definite singular/plural of luguber