Elegiac - English meaning

Elegiac – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Relating to or characteristic of an elegy.
Usage examples:
Haunting and elegiac poems

plural noun
Verses in an elegiac metre.
Usage examples:
Translated, these latin elegiacs mean: breasts, o mother, milk and life thou didst give.

adjective
Relating to or similar to an elegy (= a sad poem or song, especially remembering someone who has died or something in the past)
Usage examples:
She is a talented poet and it shows in her elegiac prose., the music is elegiac and pessimistic but…

Elegiac translation into English

Elegiac: translate from English into Chinese

挽歌

Elegiac: translate from English into Dutch

Elegisch

Elegiac: translate from English into French

Élégiaque

Elegiac: translate from English into German

Elegisch

Elegiac: translate from English into Hindi

शोक, शोकप्रधान, शोकगीत, विषादजनक, शोकगीत के उपयुक्त, शोकपू्र्ण कविताएँ

Elegiac: translate from English into Italian

Elegiaco

Elegiac: translate from English into Korean

애가, 엘레지 형식의, 애가조의, 애가를 짓는

Elegiac: translate from English into Russian

Элегический, Грустный, Мечтательно-грустный

Elegiac: translate from English into Spanish

Elegíaco

Word origin

late 16th century: from French élégiaque, or via late Latin, from Greek elegeiakos, from elegeia (see elegy).

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Elegiac – similar words

elegiacs

adjective
Relating to or characteristic of an elegy.
Usage examples:
Haunting and elegiac poems

plural noun
Verses in an elegiac metre.
Usage examples:
Translated, these latin elegiacs mean: breasts, o mother, milk and life thou didst give.

Elegiacs - all meanings in English

elegiacally

adverb
In a way that relates to or is similar to an elegy (= a sad poem or song, especially remembering someone who has died or something in the past)
Usage examples:
The author was able to describe the country elegiacally because it was his homeland., her poem eleg…

Elegiacally - all meanings in English

elegiacal

adjective
Of the nature of an elegy; melancholy, mournful.

Elegiacal - all meanings in English

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