élégiaque

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin elegīacus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.le.ʒjak/

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Adjective

élégiaque (plural élégiaques)

1. elegiac

   un distique élégiaque ― an elegiac couplet

Related terms

• élégie

Further reading

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