different between lament vs exclame

English

Etymology

From French lamenter, from Latin l?mentor (“I wail, weep”), from l?menta (“wailings, laments, moanings”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /l??m?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

lament (plural laments)

1. An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
2. A song expressing grief.

Derived terms

• lamentful (rare)

Translations

Verb

lament (third-person singular simple present laments, present participle lamenting, simple past and past participle lamented)

1. (intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.

   • Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.

2. (transitive) To feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail.
   • 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:

     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”.

   • One laugh'd at follies, one lamented crimes.

Synonyms

• bewail

Translations

Related terms

Further reading

• lament in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• lament in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Mantle, manlet, mantel, mantle, mental

French

Verb

lament

1. third-person plural present indicative of lamer
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of lamer

Anagrams

• mêlant, mental

English

Verb

exclame (third-person singular simple present exclames, present participle exclaming, simple past and past participle exclamed)

1. Obsolete form of exclaim.

Noun

exclame (plural exclames)

1. Obsolete form of exclaim.

French

Verb

exclame

1. first-person singular present indicative of exclamer
2. third-person singular present indicative of exclamer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of exclamer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of exclamer
5. second-person singular imperative of exclamer

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ami

Verb

exclame

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of exclamar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of exclamar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of exclamar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of exclamar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eks?klame]

Verb

exclame

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of exclama
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of exclama

Spanish

Verb

exclame

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of exclamar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of exclamar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of exclamar.