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elegy | x |

As a noun elegy

is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

elegy

English

(wikipedia elegy)

Noun

(elegies)
  • A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
  • Synonyms

    * dirge, threnody

    Coordinate terms

    * requiem – a piece of music played at a mass for the dead

    Derived terms

    * elegiac

    See also

    * eulogy – similar sounding funeral word

    Anagrams

    *

    References

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----