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lamentation
English
Etymology
Recorded since 1375, from Latin l?ment?ti? (“wailing, moaning, weeping”), from the deponent verb l?mentor, from l?mentum (“wail; wailing”), itself from a Proto-Indo-European *leh?- (“to howl”), presumed ultimately imitative. Replaced Old English cwiþan. Lament is a 16th-century back-formation.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?læm.?n?te?.??n/, /?læm.?n?te?.??n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
lamentation (countable and uncountable, plural lamentations)
- The act of lamenting.
- A sorrowful cry; a lament.
- Specifically, mourning.
- lamentatio, (part of) a liturgical Bible text (from the book of Job) and its musical settings, usually in the plural; hence, any dirge
- A group of swans.
Related terms
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “lamentation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Latin l?ment?ti? (“wailing, moaning, weeping”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lamentation f (plural lamentations)
- lamentation, loud/ostentatious plaint
Related terms
Further reading
- “lamentation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Latin l?ment?ti? (“wailing, moaning, weeping”).
Noun
lamentation f (plural lamentations)
- lamentation, loud/ostentatious plaint
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ululation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ulul?ti?, from ulul? (“to howl, shriek, yell”) (from a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European imitative root) + -?ti? (suffix forming nouns relating to some action or the result of an action) (from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verb roots)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ju?lj??le??(?)n/, /?lj?-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?julju?le???n/, /??lj?-/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: ulu?lat?ion
Noun
ululation (plural ululations)
- The act of ululating; a long, loud, wavering cry or howl.
Related terms
- ululant
- ululate
Translations
Further reading
- ululation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
ululation From the web:
- what is ululation
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