C2noun · countable / uncountable · rare

lamentation

lamentation · lamentations

стенание, плач

The act of lamentingThe act of lamenting.

/ˌlæm.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/

Meaning

5 senses

(countable, uncountable)The act of lamenting.
стенаниеstenanije
(countable, uncountable)A sorrowful cry; a lament.
плачplač
a cry of sorrow and grief
(countable, uncountable)Specifically, mourning.
стенаниеstenanije
(countable, uncountable)Lamentatio, (part of) a liturgical Bible text (from the book of Job) and its musical settings, usually in the plural; hence, any dirge
(countable, uncountable)A group of swans.

Translations

4 languages

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By meaning 2

the act of lamenting:

a sorrowful cry; a lament:

Origin

Recorded since 1375, from Middle English lamentacioun, from Middle French lamentation and

Recorded since 1375, from Middle English lamentacioun, from Middle French lamentation and its etymon Latin lāmentātiō (“wailing, moaning, weeping”), from the deponent verb lāmentor, from lāmentum (“wail; wailing”), itself from a Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to howl”), presumed ultimately imitative. Replaced Old English cwiþan. By surface analysis, lament + -ation.

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