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Meaning of Lamentation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˌlæm.ənˈteɪ.ʃən

Definitions

  1. The act of lamenting.
    countable, uncountable
  2. A sorrowful cry; a lament.
    countable, uncountable
  3. Specifically, mourning.
    countable, uncountable
  4. 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
  5. A group of swans.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Български вопъл печал тъга
Bosanski stado плач
Deutsch Klagelied
Ελληνικά κοπετός οδυρμός
Français Lamentation
Gaeilge acaoineadh
עברית יללה
Hrvatski stado плач
Հայերեն ողբ
Bahasa Indonesia keluh ratapan wilapa
Italiano lamento
日本語 号泣 哀哭 愁傷
Македонски оплакување плач
Русский плач стена́ние
Српски stado плач
Türkçe feryat

Examples

“About John Marin, there move sad, disgruntled beings, full of talk and lamentations. [...] They bewail the fact that in America, soil is poor and unconducive to growth, and men remain unmoved by growing green. But Marin persists, and what ebullience and good humour, in the rocky ungentle loam?”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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