tragedie
English
Noun
tragedie (plural tragedies)
- Obsolete spelling of tragedy.
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
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Noun
tragedie (plural tragedies)
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtraɡɛdɪjɛ]
Noun
tragedie f
Declension
Related terms
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed via German Tragödie and Latin tragoedia from Ancient Greek τραγῳδία (tragōidía, “tragedy”), a derivation from τραγῳδός (tragōidós, “tragic performer”), apparently a compound of τράγος (trágos, “goat”) + ἀοιδός (aoidós, “singer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tˢʁ̥ɑˈɡ̊eðˀjə]
Noun
tragedie c (singular definite tragedien, plural indefinite tragedier)
- (theater) tragedy, a dramatic performance
- tragedy, an unexpected incidence causing great pain or sadness.
Inflection
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | tragedie | tragedien | tragedier | tragedierne |
| genitive | tragedies | tragediens | tragediers | tragediernes |
Further reading
- tragedie on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Etymology
From Old French tragedie, from Latin tragoedia, 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.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: tra‧ge‧die
Noun
tragedie f (plural tragediën or tragedies, diminutive tragedietje n)
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /traɡeˈdie/
- Rhymes: -ie
Adverb
tragedie
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /traˈd͡ʒɛ.dje/
- Rhymes: -ɛdje
- Hyphenation: tra‧gè‧die
- IPA(key): (careful style, Old Italian) /tra.d͡ʒeˈdi.e/
- Rhymes: -ie
- Hyphenation: tra‧ge‧dì‧e
Noun
tragedie f
- plural of tragedia
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French tragedie and Latin tragoedia.[1][2]
Noun
tragedie (plural tragedies)
- tragedy (type of dramatic work)
References
- ^ “traǧedī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “tragedy, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τραγῳδία (tragōidía, “epic play, tragedy”).
Noun
tragedie m (definite singular tragedien, indefinite plural tragedier, definite plural tragediene)
- a tragedy
References
- “tragedie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τραγῳδία (tragōidía, “epic play, tragedy”).
Noun
tragedie m (definite singular tragedien, indefinite plural tragediar, definite plural tragediane)
- a tragedy
References
- “tragedie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /traˈɡɛ.djɛ/
- Rhymes: -ɛdjɛ
- Syllabification: tra‧ge‧die
Noun
tragedie f
Portuguese
Verb
tragedie
- inflection of tragediar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French tragédie, from Latin tragoedia.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
tragedie f (plural tragedii)