different between requiem vs lament

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???kw??m/, /???kwi?m/, /????kwi?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.kwi.?m/
• Hyphenation: re?qui?em

Etymology 1

The first word of the introit for the traditional requiem mass, an alternative accusative case of Latin requi?s (“rest, repose”), from re- (“again”) + qui?s (“rest, quiet”).

Noun

requiem (plural requiems)

1. A mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
2. A musical composition for such a mass.
3. A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
4. (obsolete) rest; peace

Coordinate terms

• dirge, elegy, threnody – funeral songs

Derived terms

• requiem mass

Related terms

• requiescat
• See related terms of quiet

Translations

Etymology 2

From French requin, altered by association with Etymology 1, above.

Noun

requiem (plural requiems)

1. A large or dangerous shark, specifically, (zoology) a member of the family Carcharhinidae.
   • 1973, Patrick Buchanan, A Requiem of Sharks:

     Any man-eater is called a requiem.

Derived terms

• requiem shark

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r?kv??m]

Noun

requiem n (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of rekviem

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e.k?i.j?m/, /?e.kwi.j?m/

Noun

requiem m (plural requiems)

1. requiem

Further reading

• “requiem” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin requiem [?aeternam d?n? e?s, Domine?] (“Grant them eternal rest, O Lord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?k.wjem/
• Hyphenation: rè?quiem

Noun

requiem m (invariable)

1. requiem

Related terms

• requie
• messa funebre
• messa da requiem
• onoranze funebri

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?re.k?i.em/, [?r?k?i???]
• (Vulgar) IPA^(key): /?re?.k?i.e/, [?r??k??e]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?re.kwi.em/, [?r??kwi?m]

Noun

requiem

1. accusative singular of requi?s

Polish

Alternative forms

• rekwiem

Etymology

From Latin requiem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?k?f?i.?m/

Noun

requiem n (indeclinable)

1. (music) requiem (musical composition composed for such a mass)
2. (Roman Catholicism) requiem (mass to honor and remember a dead person)

Related terms

• (adjective) rekwialny

Further reading

• requiem in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• requiem in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

requiem m (plural requiens)

1. Alternative spelling of réquiem

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