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tragedy

/tˈɹædʒədi/TRA-juh-dee
/tˈɹædʒədi/TRA-juh-dee

Meaninga goat-song

Common meaning: a sad drama

Other meanings: a disaster

Journey through time

  1. Latintragediasource
  2. Frenchtragedie‘a tragedy’source
  3. Middle Englishtragédiesource
  4. Englishtragedy‘a sad drama’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin tragedia ‘a goat-song’.

Roots

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