élégie
French, noun/e.le.ʒi/
élégie is spelled É-L-É-G-I-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 57,169th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Élégie is a French feminine noun meaning “elegy (mournful or plaintive poem or song)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre de poésie dont le sujet est triste ou tendre”.
What does élégie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineelegy (mournful or plaintive poem or song)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre de poésie dont le sujet est triste ou tendre. 2. Morceau d’inspiration poétique, souvent mélancolique. 3. Personne dont l’allure, la physionomie, le caractère sont empreints de tristesse, de mélancolie, à l’image des personnages des élégies. 4. Confidences échangées sur un mode plaintif.
noun: 1. Type de profil, servant au bardage, avec rainure et languette permettant une pose à emboîtement.
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 élégie
- élégies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce élégie?
- /e.le.ʒi/
- \e.le.ʒi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to élégie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is élégie in French?
élégie appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).