élégie
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία (elegeía).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
élégie f (plural élégies)
- elegy (mournful or plaintive poem or song)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “élégie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.