lamentとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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.

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA^(key): /ləˈmɛnt/
• 韻: -ɛnt

名詞

lament (複数形 laments)

1. An expression of grief, suffering, or sadness.
2. A song expressing grief.

派生語

• lamentful (まれに)

動詞

lament (三人称単数 現在形 laments, 現在分詞 lamenting, 過去形および過去分詞形 lamented)

1. (intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
   • Bible, John xvi. 20

     Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.

2. (transitive) To feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail.
   • 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:

     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”.

   • (Can we date this quote by Dryden かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes.

同意語

• bewail

関連する語

Further reading

• lament in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• lament in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

アナグラム

• Mantle, manlet, mantel, mantle, mental

固有名詞

Lament.

1. Abbreviation of Lamentations.

アナグラム

• malent
• mantel
• mantle
• mental