Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation.

    Trauer

    плачplač, опла́киваниеoplákivanije, скорбьskorbʹ

    скорбо́таskorbóta, жало́баžalóba

  2. (countable, uncountable)Specifically, the act of expressing or feeling sorrow regarding a death or loss.

    Trauer

    плачplač, опла́киваниеoplákivanije, тра́урtráur

    скорбо́таskorbóta, тра́урtráur, жало́баžalóba

    state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one

  3. (countable, uncountable)A social state or period that acknowledges a recent bereavement, which may involve social withdrawal, the observance of customs or rituals related to bereavement, etc.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).

    Trauerkleidung, Trauerbekleidung

    тра́урtráur

  5. (countable, uncountable)A drape or covering associated with mourning.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
act of expressing sorrow:
expressing sorrow over death:
Русский
By meaning 2
act of expressing sorrow:
expressing sorrow over death:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
act of expressing sorrow:
clothes worn by mourners:

Origin

By surface analysis, mourn + -ing.

By surface analysis, mourn + -ing.

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Forms

plural: mournings
Singularmourning
Pluralmournings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one:bereavement
  • the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief:lamentation

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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