tragédie

• IPA^(key): [ˈtraɡɛːdɪjɛ]

tragédie f

1. (drama) tragedy

   Antonym: komedie

From Old French tragedie, a borrowing from Latin tragoedia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τραγῳδία (tragōidía, “epic play, tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”), a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians.

• IPA^(key): /tʁa.ʒe.di/

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• Rhymes: -i
• Homophone: tragédies

tragédie f (countable and uncountable, plural tragédies)

1. (theater, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) tragedy

   Coordinate terms: comédie, tragicomédie

2. tragedy (tragic event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

• tragique

• → Turkish: trajedi, tragedya
• → Persian: تراژدی (terâžedi)

• “tragédie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.