noun, feminine/e.le.ʒi/plural: élégies
elegy (mournful or plaintive poem or song)
Inherited from Middle French elegie, a borrowing from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία (elegeía).
/e.le.ʒi/
elegy (mournful or plaintive poem or song)
Inherited from Middle French elegie, a borrowing from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία (elegeía).