lugubre

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūgubris (“mournful; gloomy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ly.ɡybʁ/
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Adjective

lugubre (plural lugubres)

  1. gloomy, mournful, lugubrious

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lūgubris (“mournful; gloomy”), possibly a borrowing.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

lugubre (plural lugubri)

  1. gloomy, dismal, lugubrious

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ lugubre in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

lūgubre

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of lūgubris

References

  • “lugubre”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lugubre”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lugubre in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

lugubre

  1. definite singular/plural of luguber

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

lugubre

  1. definite singular/plural of luguber
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