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Meaning of "plangent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLANGENT

From Latin plangere to beat (esp the breast, in grief).
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PRONUNCIATION OF PLANGENT

plangent  [ˈplændʒənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLANGENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plangent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PLANGENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

plangent

Lament

A lament or lamentation is a passionate expression of grief, often in music, poetry, or song form. The grief is most often born of regret, or mourning.

Definition of plangent in the English dictionary

The definition of plangent in the dictionary is having a loud deep sound. Other definition of plangent is resonant and mournful in sound.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLANGENT


agent
ˈeɪdʒənt
argent
ˈɑːdʒənt
astringent
əˈstrɪndʒənt
birefringent
ˌbaɪrɪˈfrɪndʒənt
contingent
kənˈtɪndʒənt
cotangent
kəʊˈtændʒənt
divergent
daɪˈvɜːdʒənt
intelligent
ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒənt
noncontingent
ˌnɒnkənˈtɪndʒənt
pageant
ˈpædʒənt
pungent
ˈpʌndʒənt
refringent
rɪˈfrɪndʒənt
regent
ˈriːdʒənt
restringent
rɪˈstrɪndʒənt
retromingent
ˌrɛtrəʊˈmɪndʒənt
ringent
ˈrɪndʒənt
stringent
ˈstrɪndʒənt
subtangent
sʌbˈtændʒənt
tangent
ˈtændʒənt
urgent
ˈɜːdʒənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLANGENT

planetical
planetlike
planetoid
planetoidal
planetological
planetologist
planetology
planetwide
planform
plangency
plangently
planigram
planigraph
planigraphy
planimeter
planimetric
planimetrical
planimetrically
planimetry
planish

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLANGENT

arctangent
constringent
convergent
detergent
diligent
dirigent
emergent
estate agent
free agent
gent
hyperbolic cotangent
indulgent
insurance agent
insurgent
negligent
on a tangent
reagent
real-estate agent
Sargent
travel agent

Synonyms and antonyms of plangent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PLANGENT»

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

Translation of «plangent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLANGENT

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

Translator English - Chinese

轰鸣
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

plangent
570 millions of speakers

English

plangent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कँपानेवाला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

plangent
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

протяжный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

plangent
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শব্দায়মান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

retentissant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Plangen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

klagend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

plangent
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

plangent
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Plangent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

inh ỏi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அலை போன்று வேகமாகச் செல்கிற, மோதுகிற, முழங்குகிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अवयवयुक्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

inleyen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

risonante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

plangent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

протяжний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

plangent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βουερός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aanhoudend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dånande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plangent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plangent

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLANGENT»

The term «plangent» is normally little used and occupies the 123.422 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLANGENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «plangent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «plangent» 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 plangent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLANGENT»

Discover the use of plangent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plangent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Agent-Oriented Information Systems II: 6th International ...
Although Plangent has a unique feature which is that it generates scripts being agent behaviour from Prolog programs, the scheme of our framework cannot be implemented in its original form byPlangent. Specifically, Plangent has limitations  ...
Paolo Bresciani, Paolo Giorgini, 2005
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Patrologiae Cursus Completus: Series Latina: Sive, ...
sse teo lus. et qui cum pttpttgctunly et plangent se super cum omnes tribus territa etiam amen. Post salutationem adjungit quædam de adventu christi et terrore judicii futuri. ut si ex bcneliciis quæ in salutatione contincutur. beum diligere ...
Jacques-Paul Migne, 1855
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Elvis Costello: A Bio-bibliography
London and New York: Plangent Visions Music, 1980. Warner Brothers Publications VF08 13. The present publication contains vocal/piano arrangements, with chord symbols, guitar chord diagrams, and lyrics for songs from the albums My ...
James E. Perone, 1998
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Advances in Artificial Intelligence. PRICAI 2000 Workshop ...
They, however, lost Java's compatibility that is the most important feature of the Java VM. d)Systems based on strong migration and their own interpreter written in Java: MiLog, Plangent[19], and Jinni[24] are classified into this category.
Ryszard Kowalczyk, 2001
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How to Sound Clever: Master the 600 English Words You ...
plangent. (adj.) = (ofa sound) like a lament from the Latin plangere: to lament e.g. One billion people worldwide watched Michael Jackson's funeral, at which Stevie Wonder sung in plangent tones ...
Hubert van den Bergh, 2010
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Paperback Oxford English Dictionary
548 plangent /plan-juhnt/ adj. literary (of a sound) loud and mournful. – origin Latin plangere 'to lament'. plank n. 1 a long, flat piece of timber, used in flooring. 2 a basic part of a political or other programme: crime reduction is a central plank of  ...
Oxford Dictionaries,, Maurice Waite, 2012
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Understanding W.G. Sebald
A. Plangent. Parting. With Sebald's sudden and untimely death at the age of fifty- seven, a remarkable literary career came to an end. As many of the obituaries pointed out, Sebald was just beginning to attract the wider audience he deserved ; ...
Mark Richard McCulloh, 2003
8
Sherlock Holmes A Death in Venice and other cases:
I. THE. CASE. OF. THE. PLANGENT. COLONEL. T WAS ON AN UNUSUALLY WARM DAY INLATEAPRILof1898 that the incidents alluded to below first came to notice. Holmes had left a note saying that a minor matter had taken him to Castel  ...
Ted Riccardi, 2013
9
Deep Landscape Turning
IN PLANGENT REPETITIONS When all else fails me I come to the sea; The plangent repetitions of the surf Count and recount my uncertain heartbeat, Then echo or await what I have heard, Depending on which pulse I felt the first. I talk with ...
Ann Hutt Browning, 2011
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Journal of Education Culture and Society 2013_1:
The folk singing style practiced in the village of Lytvinivka reveals different characteristics. With the average age of 70-75 years, the performers look on plangent songs as antiquated and 'hard' to perform. Such, in their opinion, was the at one ...
Jacek Gulanowski, Ewa Jurczyk- Romanowska, Joanna Golonka- Legut, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLANGENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plangent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: Philharmonia Orchestra at Hereford Cathedral
Conductor Jac van Steen drew playing of lustrous richness and depth of tone from a seamless Philharmonia (such plangent cellos!) ... «Birmingham Post, Jul 15»
2
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre …
This is a musical that wins over its audience by charm, and where the plangent beauty of Gene de Paul's score constantly pulls against the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Art A-Plenty (plus some prime real estate!) in Green-Wood Cemetery
I learn from my guide that there is a plangent symbolism in the architecture of the dead; high obelisks indicate long lives; a pillar sheared off ... «Brooklyn Reader, Jul 15»
4
Museum & Gallery Listings for July 24-30
30) Ms. Leonard's “Analogue,” a vast suite of photographs installed across three walls of the MoMA's atrium, is an affectingly plangent update of ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
5
Planting of crops host insect pest banned nationwide
The plangent of melons, eggplant, cucumber, watermelon, okra, peppers, pumpkins, cotton, tobacco, beans, tomatoes and several other crops ... «Dominican Today, Jul 15»
6
Mahler's Fourth | Omega Ensemble
... years ago in Brisbane, are a moving triptych of songs to texts by Oodgeroo Noonuccal, one of the most plangent voices in Australian poetry. «Australian Stage Online, Jul 15»
7
Australian Chamber Orchestra review: Susan Graham delivers rich …
... powerful projection well to the fore as she invested this post-Romantic flummery with admirably sympathetic insight, powerful and plangent in ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
8
Review: First Night Of The Proms, BBC Symphony Orchestra at The …
... the semi-chorus was touching and plangent, but baritone solo Christopher Maltman, for all his conveyance of outrage, was sometimes caught ... «Birmingham Post, Jul 15»
9
The Seven Good Years review – singular, surreal tales of Israeli life
... refers to her wedding day repeatedly as the day she “died” – comprises the most fascinating and for me the most plangent essay in the book. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
Social Studies at GAMH on 7/24
In the 2013 video for “Terracur” we see Social Studies standing in front of a San Francisco bar and hear Natalia Rogovin's plangent voice ... «SFGate, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Plangent [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/plangent>. Apr 2024 ».
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