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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin elegīacus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós).
Pronunciation
Adjective
élégiaque (plural élégiaques)
- elegiac
- un distique élégiaque ― an elegiac couplet
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