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Galician
Pronunciation
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Adjective
elegíaco (feminine elegíaca, masculine plural elegíacos, feminine plural elegíacas, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of elexíaco
Further reading
- “elegíaco” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Adjective
elegíaco (feminine elegíaca, masculine plural elegíacos, feminine plural elegíacas)
- elegiac
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεγιακός (elegiakós), from ἐλεγεία (elegeía). See elegía.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eleˈxiako/
- Rhymes: -iako
- Syllabification: e‧le‧gí‧a‧co
Adjective
elegíaco (feminine elegíaca, masculine plural elegíacos, feminine plural elegíacas)
- elegiac (relating to an elegy)
- Synonym: élego
- elegiac; mournful, sorrowful
- Synonyms: élego, lastimero, triste
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