tragedie
Afrikaans
Etymology
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Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtraɡɛdɪjɛ]
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]
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
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /traˈd͡ʒɛ.dje/
- Rhymes: -ɛdje
- Hyphenation: tra‧gè‧die
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
Portuguese
Verb
tragedie
- inflection of tragediar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative