different between cortege vs dirge

English

Alternative forms

• cortège

Etymology

Borrowed from French cortège.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k???t??/
• IPA^(key): /?k??.t??/

Noun

cortege (plural corteges)

1. A ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a king.
   • 1660: Samuel Pepys, Diary - Upon the morrow after their marriage, the bride and bridegroom perambulate the streets, followed by a numerous cortege, the guests at the wedding festival, two and two...

Synonyms

• entourage
• gang
• group
• followership
• posse
• retinue

Translations

See also

• sycophant
• lackey
• groupie
• cohors amicorum

English

Etymology

From Middle English dirige, from Latin dirige (“steer”), from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead, Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam. Doublet of dirige.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: dûj, IPA^(key): /d??d?/
• (US) enPR: dûrj, IPA^(key): /d?d?/
• Rhymes: -??(r)d?

Noun

dirge (plural dirges)

1. A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
2. (informal) A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring.

Synonyms

• lament, requiem, coronach, threnody, elegy

Related terms

• dirgeful

Translations

Verb

dirge (third-person singular simple present dirges, present participle dirging, simple past and past participle dirged)

1. To sing dirges

Anagrams

• Ridge, derig, gride, redig, ridge

Middle English

Noun

dirge

1. Alternative form of dirige