élégie

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French elegie, a borrowing from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία (elegeía). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.le.ʒi/ === Noun === élégie f (plural élégies) elegy (mournful or plaintive poem or song) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: eleji === Further reading === “élégie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012