# lament
## English
### Etymology

From French lamenter, from Latin lāmentor (“I wail, weep”), from lāmenta (“wailings, laments, moanings”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare.

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /ləˈmɛnt/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Audio (Mid-Atlantic US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛnt

### Noun

lament (plural laments)
* An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
* A song expressing grief.

#### Derived terms

* lamentful (rare)

#### Translations

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### Verb

lament (third-person singular simple present laments, present participle lamenting, simple past and past participle lamented)
* (intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
    Synonyms: grieve, mourn; see also Thesaurus:be sad, Thesaurus:complain
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 16:20:Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.
* (transitive) To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail.
    Synonyms: bemoan, bewail; see also Thesaurus:lament
** 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99:Euston is so traditionally a part of the London scene that many will lament the passing of the old station when rebuilding is complete in readiness for the new electric service, which will probably be by multiple-units between Euston and Wolverhampton.
** 2014 October 18, Paul Doyle, “Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter”, in The Guardian:By the end, Sunderland were lucky to lose by the same scoreline Northampton Town suffered against Southampton, in 1921. The Sunderland manager, Gus Poyet, lamented that it was “the most embarrassed I’ve ever been on a football pitch, without a doubt”.
** 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Tenth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:One laugh'd at follies, one lamented crimes.

#### Translations

Arabic: بَكَى (bakā), رَثَى (raṯā), نَاحَ عَلَى (nāḥa ʕalā), أَعْوَلَ عَلَى (ʔaʕwala ʕalā)
Armenian: ողբալ (hy) (oġbal), սգալ (hy) (sgal)
Bulgarian: оплаквам (bg) (oplakvam)
Catalan: lamentar (ca)
Czech: oplakávat impf
Egyptian: (jwjw)
Ewe: fa konyi
Finnish: surra (fi), itkeä (fi), valittaa (fi)
French: plaindre (fr)
German: beklagen (de)
Gothic: 𐌵𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (qainōn)
Greek:
Ancient: θρηνέω (thrēnéō)
Hungarian: sirat (hu), megsirat (hu), fájlal (hu)
Icelandic: harma
Irish: caoin, éagaoin
Latin: lamentor
Macedonian: опла́кува (oplákuva)
Maori: uhunga
Old English: cwiþan
Portuguese: lamentar (pt)
Romanian: boci (ro)
Russian: опла́кивать (ru) (oplákivatʹ), опла́кать (ru) pf (oplákatʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: caoidh, caoin
Swedish: sörja (sv), jämra (sv)
Ukrainian: опла́кувати impf (oplákuvaty), опла́кати pf (oplákaty) :

### Related terms

* lamentability
* lamentable
* lamentation
* Lamentations
* lamenting

### Further reading

* “lament”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “lament”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* mantel, mental, mantle, Mantel, manlet, Mantle

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlamɛnt]
* Rhymes: -amɛnt

### Noun

lament
* genitive plural of lamento

## Franco-Provençal
### Adverb

lament
* Alternative form of 'lament, clipping of solament (“only”)

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

lament
* third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of lamer

### Anagrams

* mêlant, mental

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lāmentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈla.mɛnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -amɛnt
* Syllabification: la‧ment

### Noun

lament m inan
* lamentation, lament (sorrowful cry)
    Synonym: lamentacja
* lament, threnody (mournful song expressing sadness over someone's death or some unpleasant event)
    Synonym: lamentacja
* (poetry) threnody (poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy)
    Synonyms: lamentacja, tren

#### Derived terms

* lamencić impf
* lamentować impf

#### Related terms

* lamentacyjny
* lamentacja

### Further reading

* lament in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* lament in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* lament in PWN's encyclopedia

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lamentum.

### Noun

lament n (plural lamente)
* wailing, moaning, weeping

#### Declension
### References

* lament in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN