élégiaque

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin elegīacus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.le.ʒjak/
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Adjective

élégiaque (plural élégiaques)

  1. elegiac
    un distique élégiaque ― an elegiac couplet

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