lament
See also: Lament.
English edit
Etymology edit
From French lamenter, from Latin lāmentor (“I wail, weep”), from lāmenta (“wailings, laments, moanings”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ləˈmɛnt/
Audio (General Australian): (file) Audio (Mid-Atlantic US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnt
Noun edit
lament (plural laments)
Derived terms edit
- lamentful (rare)
Translations edit
expression of grief, suffering, or sadness
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song expressing grief
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Verb edit
lament (third-person singular simple present laments, present participle lamenting, simple past and past participle lamented)
- (intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 16:20:
- Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.
- (transitive) To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail.
- 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99:
- Euston is so traditionally a part of the London scene that many will lament the passing of the old station when rebuilding is complete in readiness for the new electric service, which will probably be by multiple-units between Euston and Wolverhampton.
- 2014 October 18, Paul Doyle, “Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter”, in The Guardian:
- By the end, Sunderland were lucky to lose by the same scoreline Northampton Town suffered against Southampton, in 1921. The Sunderland manager, Gus Poyet, lamented that it was “the most embarrassed I’ve ever been on a football pitch, without a doubt”.
- 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Tenth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
- One laugh'd at follies, one lamented crimes.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
express grief
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bewail
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Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “lament”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “lament”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lament
Franco-Provençal edit
Adverb edit
lament (ORB large)
References edit
- seulement in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio: (file)
Verb edit
lament
Anagrams edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin lāmentum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lament m inan
- lamentation, lament (sorrowful cry)
- Synonym: lamentacja
- lament, threnody (mournful song expressing sadness over someone's death or some unpleasant event)
- Synonym: lamentacja
- (poetry) threnody (poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy)
- Synonyms: lamentacja, tren
Declension edit
Declension of lament
Derived terms edit
verbs
- lamencić impf
- lamentować impf
Related terms edit
adjectives
nouns
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
lament n (plural lamente)
Declension edit
Declension of lament
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) lament | lamentul | (niște) lamente | lamentele |
genitive/dative | (unui) lament | lamentului | (unor) lamente | lamentelor |
vocative | lamentule | lamentelor |
References edit
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