élégie
See also: elegie and Elegie
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία (elegeía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.le.ʒi/
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Noun
élégie f (plural élégies)
- elegy (mournful or plaintive poem or song)
Related terms
- élégiaque
Further reading
- “élégie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.