threnody

English - Turkish

Definition of threnody in English Turkish dictionary

(Muzik) ağıt havası

{i} cenaze şarkısı

{i} ağıt

mersiye

English - English

Definition of threnody in English English dictionary

A song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy

A strongly personal note runs through Kenneth Leighton's Improvisation (Novello, 35p), which is a threnody in memory of Maurice de Sausmārez. Gently undulating, cantabile lines of ‘mourning’ alternate with sharp, anguished note-clusters which work up to a fierce paroxysm of grief.

a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

threnodies a funeral song or poem for someone who has died

A song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge, an elegy

A song of lamentation; a threnode

{i} lament, song of grief

Hyphenation

thren·o·dy

Etymology

() From Ancient Greek θρηνῳδία (thrēnōidia, “lamentation”) from θρῆνος (thrēnos, “lament, wail, dirge”) + ᾠδή (ōidē, “song”).