different between supplication vs lamentation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French supplication, from Latin supplicatio, supplicationem, from supplicare (“to supplicate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?pl??ke???n/

Noun

supplication (countable and uncountable, plural supplications)

1. An act of supplicating; a humble request.
2. A prayer or entreaty to a god.
3. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc.
4. The process by which a doctorate at Oxford university is officially requested after a thesis has been approved.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin supplicatio, supplicationem.

Pronunciation

Noun

supplication f (plural supplications)

1. supplication

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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)

1. The act of lamenting.
2. A sorrowful cry; a lament.
3. Specifically, mourning.
4. lamentatio, (part of) a liturgical Bible text (from the book of Job) and its musical settings, usually in the plural; hence, any dirge
5. A group of swans.

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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)

1. lamentation, loud/ostentatious plaint

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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)

1. lamentation, loud/ostentatious plaint