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dirge

/dɜːdʒ/

/dɜrdʒ/

dirgenoun

dirges

/dɜːdʒ/

/dɜrdʒ/

Translations

chant funèbre

The choir sang a solemn dirge at the funeral service.

La chorale a chanté un chant funèbre solennel lors de la cérémonie funèbre.

Additional translations

complainte funèbreSoutenu et littéraire.

Definitions

A mournful song, piece of music, or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation, especially for the dead.

The choir sang a solemn dirge at the funeral service.

Synonyms

mourning song

funeral song

dirgeverb

dirged

Past Simple

dirged

Past Participle

dirging

ing-form

/dɜːdʒ/

/dɝːdʒ/

Rare and archaic; means to sing or utter a dirge

Translations

chanter une complainte funèbreSoutenu et rare.

All night they dirged beside the warrior’s tomb.

Toute la nuit, ils ont chanté une complainte funèbre près du tombeau du guerrier.

Definitions

To sing or chant a dirge; to mourn or lament in song.

All night they dirged beside the warrior’s tomb.

Synonyms