élégiaque
French, adjective/e.le.ʒjak/
élégiaque is spelled É-L-É-G-I-A-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 80,980th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Élégiaque is a French adjective meaning “elegiac” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a rapport à l’élégie, qui compose des élégies”.
What does élégiaque mean in English?
adjective
- 1
elegiac
un distique élégiaque
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a rapport à l’élégie, qui compose des élégies. 2. Mélancolique, triste, plaintif.
noun: 1. Poète élégiaque.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of élégiaque
- élégiaques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce élégiaque?
- /e.le.ʒjak/
- \e.le.ʒjak\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to élégiaque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is élégiaque in French?
élégiaque appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).