tragédie

See also: tragedie and tragedię

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtraɡɛːdɪjɛ]

Noun

tragédie f

1. (drama) tragedy

   Antonym: komedie

Declension

Declension of tragédie (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	tragédie	tragédie
genitive	tragédie	tragédií
dative	tragédii	tragédiím
accusative	tragédii	tragédie
vocative	tragédie	tragédie
locative	tragédii	tragédiích
instrumental	tragédií	tragédiemi

Related terms

• tragéd m
• tragický

French

Etymology

From Old French tragedie, a borrowing from Latin tragoedia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τραγῳδία (tragōidía, “epic play, tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”), a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁa.ʒe.di/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -i
• Homophone: tragédies

Noun

tragédie f (countable and uncountable, plural tragédies)

1. (theater, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) tragedy

   Coordinate terms: comédie, tragicomédie

2. tragedy (tragic event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

Related terms

• tragique

Descendants

• → Turkish: trajedi, tragedya
• → Persian: تراژدی (terâžedi)

Further reading

• “tragédie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.