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To me, elegy suggests that there is hope, and in some respects you've moved past the loss and are able to deal with it and to write about it.
Jacqueline Woodson

Meaning of "elegy" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ELEGY

Via French and Latin from Greek elegeia, from elegos lament sung to flute accompaniment.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ELEGY

elegy  [ˈɛlɪdʒɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ELEGY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Elegy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ELEGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Elegy

In literature, an elegy is a mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.

Definition of elegy in the English dictionary

The definition of elegy in the dictionary is a mournful or plaintive poem or song, esp a lament for the dead. Other definition of elegy is poetry or a poem written in elegiac couplets or stanzas.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ELEGY


biddy-biddy
ˈbɪdʒɪˌwɪdʒɪ
cabbagy
ˈkæbɪdʒɪ
cagey
ˈkeɪdʒɪ
cagy
ˈkeɪdʒɪ
cottagey
ˈkɒtɪdʒɪ
counterstrategy
ˈkaʊntəˌstrætɪdʒɪ
effigy
ˈɛfɪdʒɪ
hypophyge
haɪˈpɒfɪdʒɪ
midgie
ˈmɪdʒɪ
midgy
ˈmɪdʒɪ
Murrumbidgee
ˌmʌrəmˈbɪdʒɪ
porridgy
ˈpɒrɪdʒɪ
prodigy
ˈprɒdɪdʒɪ
ridgy
ˈrɪdʒɪ
sagy
ˈseɪdʒɪ
squidgy
ˈskwɪdʒɪ
stagey
ˈsteɪdʒɪ
stagy
ˈsteɪdʒɪ
strategy
ˈstrætɪdʒɪ
syzygy
ˈsɪzɪdʒɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ELEGY

elegance
elegancies
elegancy
elegant
elegantly
elegiac
elegiac couplet
elegiac stanza
elegiacal
elegiacally
elegiast
elegies
elegise
elegist
elegit
elegize
Eleia
element
element 107
elemental

WORDS THAT END LIKE ELEGY

baggy
bibliopegy
biology
biotechnology
doggy
ecology
energy
exit strategy
focused strategy
genealogy
geostrategy
gy
information technology
Lady Macbeth strategy
marketing strategy
methodology
operational strategy
orgy
psychology
technology

Synonyms and antonyms of elegy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ELEGY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «elegy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of elegy

Translation of «elegy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ELEGY

Find out the translation of elegy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of elegy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «elegy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

挽歌
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

elegía
570 millions of speakers

English

elegy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शोकगीत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رثاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

элегия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

elegia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অন্ত্যেষ্টি গাথা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

élégie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Elegy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Elegie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エレジー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비가
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Elegan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bài hát ta thán
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரங்கற்பா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शोकगीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ağıt
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

elegia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

elegia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

елегія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

elegie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελεγεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

elegie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

elegi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

elegi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of elegy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ELEGY»

The term «elegy» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.143 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ELEGY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «elegy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «elegy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about elegy

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QUOTES WITH «ELEGY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word elegy.
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Jacqueline Woodson
To me, elegy suggests that there is hope, and in some respects you've moved past the loss and are able to deal with it and to write about it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELEGY»

Discover the use of elegy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to elegy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Elegy for a Lady
THE STORY: A Man enters a small boutique, hoping to find a suitable gift for his young mistress, who is facing a grave operation.
Arthur Miller, 1982
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Elegy
Following the implications of Woolf's 'new name', then, elegy is as likely to be a distinctive idiom, mode of enquiry or species of self-description as a distinctive form. In terms of poetry, the distance between canonical and contemporary elegy  ...
David Kennedy, 2008
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Roman Propertius and the Reinvention of Elegy
Roman Propertius and the Reinvention of Elegy presents an arresting new interpretation of the intricate and complex poetry of Propertius' final collection.
Jeri Blair Debrohun, 2003
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Beyond Consolation: Death, Sexuality, and the Changing ...
Using as her starting point the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, Melissa F. Zeiger examines modern transformations of poetic elegy, particularly as they reflect historical changes in the politics of gender and sexuality.
Melissa Fran Zeiger, 1997
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Elegy for an Age: The Presence of the Past in Victorian ...
John Rosenberg shows how the phenomenon of elegy pervaded the writing of the period, tracing it through the voices of individuals from Carlyle, Tennyson, Darwin and Ruskin, to Swinburne, Pater, Dickens and Hopkins.
John D. Rosenberg, 2005
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Studies in Greek Elegy and Iambus
Studies in Greek Elegy and Iambus (Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte).
Martin Litchfield West, 1974
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Elegy
Tara Hudson brings the dark, romantic Hereafter trilogy to a thrilling conclusion with her YA novel Elegy.
Tara Hudson, 2013
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A Companion to Roman Love Elegy
The approaches of these essays vary broadly--some articles focus on specific writers or texts, others centre on the historical and material context, Greek and Roman influences on the elegists, style, meter, translation, aspects of ...
Barbara K. Gold, 2012
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England: An Elegy
Provides an account of England which is an analysis of its institutions and culture, and a celebration of its virtues. This book covers aspects of the English inheritance, informed by a philosophical vision.
Roger Scruton, 2006
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Traditional Elegy: The Interplay of Meter, Tradition, and ...
This volume is intended to redress some of this imbalance by exploring several issues related to the production of Greek elegiac poetry.
R. Scott Garner, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELEGY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term elegy is used in the context of the following news items.
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POEM: Elegy for Bexley Hall
a full repair, including an ADA-compliant elevator and restructured wheelchair-accessible rooms / would cost as much as a complete teardown ... «The MIT Tech, Jul 15»
2
A Nurse Offers An Elegy For Her Patient
The death of a patient lead Kreiner to write an elegy for him, in which she re-imagines his final moments: I wish him much moss furring the edge ... «KUOW News and Information, Jul 15»
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Why Smashing Pumpkins Should Play Gish in Concert
As to your claims that Monuments to an Elegy is purposely similar to early efforts: only a touch comforting. Still, don't forget to turn out of your ... «Phoenix New Times, Jul 15»
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21 Best Things to Do in L.A. This Week
July's pairing of solo exhibitions perfectly encapsulates this goal, as "Roberto Gutierrez: Elegy to the Sixth Street Bridge" and "Louis Jacinto: ... «L.A. Weekly, Jul 15»
5
Vision Festival Celebrates Jazz, Both Past and Future
... keynote, also read recent work at the Judson Church on Tuesday night, aligning himself with the festival's strain of commemorative elegy. «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Review: Looking Inward in Poetry Books From Ron Padgett and …
... that premise to a fully realized elegy: “I/knew him better than I knew my own/father, which means/through these songs, which means/not at all. «New York Times, Jul 15»
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'Amy' artfully explores the life and career of Amy Winehouse
Thankfully, the film is as much a celebration as an elegy, and while much of the footage included is low-definition (to put it mildly), Winehouse's ... «Las Vegas Weekly, Jul 15»
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What's going on around Encinitas this weekend and beyond, July 9-14
... Japan, Ecuador and Russia, in performances of Faure's “Elegy,” Debussy's Cello Sonata in D Minor, and Chausson's Piano Trio in G Minor. «Encinitas Advocate, Jul 15»
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Isobel Coixet on Learning to Drive
"I first heard about the article during the shoot of Elegy eight years ago," says Coixet down the phoneline from New York recently. "Patricia ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
10
Documentary explores Asian tribe's bond with elephants
“I also wanted to do something really rock 'n' roll,” said the Montreal-based filmmaker, who wrote and co-directed the eye-opening elegy to ... «Times Colonist, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Elegy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/elegy>. May 2024 ».
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