threne

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threne

/θɹiːn/

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From Latin threnus, from Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos, “funeral lament”).

noun threnes

a dirge or lamentation 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, XXI That City's sombre Patroness and Queen, In bronze sublimity she gazes forth Over her Capital of teen and threne

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noun a dirge or lamentation

Español	treno
Français	thrène
Deutsch	Threnos
Italiano	treno
Русский	погребальная песнь pogrebalʹnaja pesnʹ

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@misc{threne_2026,
  title = {threne},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/threne},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}