Dirge - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |dɜːrdʒ|  American pronunciation of the word dirge
Brit.  |dɜːdʒ|  British pronunciation of the word dirge

noun

- a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person (syn: coronach, lament, requiem, threnody)

Extra examples

...bagpipes played a haunting dirge at the funeral for the fallen leader...

Other dogs in the distant village bayed in a dirge-like chorus.

Word forms

noun
singular: dirge
plural: dirges
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