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See also: Lament.
English
Etymology
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
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ləˈmɛnt/
Audio (General Australian): (file) Audio (Mid-Atlantic US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnt
Noun
lament (plural laments)
Derived terms
- lamentful (rare)
Translations
expression of grief, suffering, or sadness
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song expressing grief
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Verb
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
Translations
express grief
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bewail
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Related terms
Further reading
- “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
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
lament
Franco-Provençal
Adverb
lament
French
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
lament
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin lāmentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Declension of lament
Derived terms
verbs
- lamencić impf
- lamentować impf
Related terms
adjectives
nouns
Further reading
- lament in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- lament in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- lament in PWN's encyclopedia
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
lament n (plural lamente)
Declension
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 |
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