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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Dirge \Dirge\, n. [Contraction of Lat. dirige, direct thou
     (imperative of dirigere), the first word of a funeral hymn
     (Lat. transl. of Psalm v. 8) beginning, ``Dirige, Domine, in
     conspectu tuo vitam meam.'' See Direct, a., and cf.
     Dirige.]
     A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany
     funeral rites; a funeral hymn.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The raven croaked, and hollow shrieks of owls
           Sung dirges at her funeral.              --Ford.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Dirge \Dirge\, n. [Contraction of Lat. dirige, direct thou
     (imperative of dirigere), the first word of a funeral hymn
     (Lat. transl. of Psalm v. 8) beginning, ``Dirige, Domine, in
     conspectu tuo vitam meam.'' See Direct, a., and cf.
     Dirige.]
     A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany
     funeral rites; a funeral hymn.
  
           The raven croaked, and hollow shrieks of owls Sung
           dirges at her funeral.                   --Ford.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  dirge
       n : a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a
           memorial to a dead person [syn: coronach, lament, requiem,
            threnody]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dirge
     n.
     1 A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a
  memorial to a dead person.
     2 (lb en informal) A song or piece of music that is considered too
  slow, bland or boring.
     vb.
     To sing dirges

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  dirge
     n.
     1 A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a
  memorial to a dead person.
     2 (lb en informal) A song or piece of music that is considered too
  slow, bland or boring.
     vb.
     To sing dirges

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  dirge
     n.
     1 A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a
  memorial to a dead person.
     2 (lb en informal) A song or piece of music that is considered too
  slow, bland or boring.
     vb.
     To sing dirges

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  dirge
     n.
     1 A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a
  memorial to a dead person.
     2 (lb en informal) A song or piece of music that is considered too
  slow, bland or boring.
     vb.
     To sing dirges

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dirge
     Englanti n.
     laulu, valituslaulu

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Dirge /dˈɜːdʒ/
  اللحن الحزين

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  dirge //dɜːdʒ// //dɝd͡ʒ// 
  погреба́лна пе́сен
  mournful poem or piece of music

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dirge /dˈɜːdʒ/ 
  žalozpěv

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dirge /dˈɜːdʒ/
  Klagelied 
     Synonym: lament
  
   see: dirges, laments
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dirge /dˈɜːdʒ/
  Totenklage 
     Synonym: lament
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  dirge /dˈɜːdʒ/
  
  μοιρολόι

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  dirge //dɜːdʒ// //dɝd͡ʒ// 
  surulaulu, suruvirsi
  mournful poem or piece of music

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  dirge /dˈɜːdʒ/
  naricaljka, parastos, pogrebna pjesma, posmrtna misa

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  dirge /dˈɜːdʒ/
  gyászének

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  dirge //dɜːdʒ// //dɝd͡ʒ// 
  哀歌, 弔歌
  mournful poem or piece of music

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  dirge /dˈɜːdʒ/
  1. mersiye, ağıt.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈdɝdʒ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  175 Moby Thesaurus words for "dirge":
     Brautlied, Christmas carol, Dry Mass, English sonnet,
     Eucharistic rites, Horatian ode, Italian sonnet, Kunstlied,
     Lady Mass, Liebeslied, Low Mass, Mass, Missa, Missa bassa,
     Missa cantata, Missa legata, Missa media,
     Missa praesanctificatorum, Missa privata, Missa publica,
     Missa sicca, Petrarchan sonnet, Pindaric ode, Requiem Mass, Rosary,
     Rosary Mass, Sapphic ode, Shakespearean sonnet, Volkslied, alba,
     anacreontic, anthem, art song, aubade, balada, ballad, ballade,
     ballata, barcarole, bemoan, bewail, blues, blues song, boat song,
     bridal hymn, brindisi, bucolic, burial service, calypso, canso,
     canticle, canzone, canzonet, canzonetta, carol, cavatina, chanson,
     chant, chantey, clerihew, coronach, croon, croon song, dead march,
     death knell, death song, deathwatch, deplore, dithyramb, ditty,
     drinking song, eclogue, elegize, elegy, epic, epicedium, epigram,
     epithalamium, epode, epopee, epopoeia, epos, eulogy, exequies,
     extreme unction, folk song, funeral march, funeral oration,
     funeral rites, funeral song, georgic, ghazel, give sorrow words,
     graveside oration, grieve, haiku, hymeneal, idyll, jingle, keen,
     knell, lament, last duty, last honors, last offices, last rites,
     lay, lied, lilt, limerick, love song, love-lilt, lyric, madrigal,
     matin, minstrel song, minstrelsy, moan, monody, mourn,
     muffled drums, narrative poem, national anthem, nursery rhyme,
     obsequies, ode, palinode, passing bell, pastoral, pastoral elegy,
     pastorela, pastourelle, poem, prothalamium, repine, requiem,
     requiem mass, rhyme, rondeau, rondel, roundel, roundelay, satire,
     serena, serenade, serenata, sestina, sigh, sing the blues, sloka,
     song, sonnet, sonnet sequence, sorrow, tanka, tenso, tenzone,
     the Divine Liturgy, the Liturgy, theme song, threnode, threnody,
     torch song, triolet, troubadour poem, verse, verselet, versicle,
     viaticum, villanelle, virelay, wake, war song, wedding song,
     weep over
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 挽歌,哀悼歌;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 挽歌,哀悼歌

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