Meanings
requiem1
requiem2
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
requiem · noun
- Latinrequiēs“rest, repose”
- Latinrequiem
- Middle Englishrequiem
- Englishrequiem
From Middle English requiem, from Latin requiem, the first word of the introit for the traditional requiem mass, an alternative accusative case of Latin requiēs (“rest, repose”), from re- (“again”) + quiēs (“rest, quiet”).
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Full word history & related roots →requiem · noun
- Frenchrequin
- Englishrequiem
From French requin, altered by association with Etymology 1, above.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian панихи́да, по́мен
- панихи́да (panihída)mass to honor and remember a dead person
- по́мен (pómen)mass to honor and remember a dead person
- ре́квием (rékviem)musical composition composed for such a mass
- ре́квием (rékviem)piece of music composed to honor a dead person
Catalan rèquiem, rèquiem
- rèquiemmass to honor and remember a dead person
- rèquiemmusical composition composed for such a mass
Chinese Mandarin 安魂曲
- 安魂曲 (ānhúnqǔ)musical composition composed for such a mass
Czech rekviem, rekviem
- rekviemmass to honor and remember a dead person
- rekviemmusical composition composed for such a mass
Danish rekviem, rekviem
- rekviemmass to honor and remember a dead person
- rekviemmusical composition composed for such a mass
- rekviempiece of music composed to honor a dead person
Dutch requiem, dodenmis
- requiemmass to honor and remember a dead person
- dodenmismass to honor and remember a dead person
- requiemmusical composition composed for such a mass
- dodenmismusical composition composed for such a mass
Finnish sielunmessu, sielumessu
- sielunmessumass to honor and remember a dead person
- sielumessumass to honor and remember a dead person
- requiemmass to honor and remember a dead person
- sielunmessumusical composition composed for such a mass
- sielumessumusical composition composed for such a mass
- requiemmusical composition composed for such a mass
- sielunmessupiece of music composed to honor a dead person
- sielumessupiece of music composed to honor a dead person
- requiempiece of music composed to honor a dead person
French requiem, requiem
- requiemmass to honor and remember a dead person
- requiemmusical composition composed for such a mass
- requiempiece of music composed to honor a dead person
German Requiem, Totenmesse
- Requiemmass to honor and remember a dead person
- Totenmessemass to honor and remember a dead person
- Seelenmessemass to honor and remember a dead person
- Requiemmusical composition composed for such a mass
- Totenmessemusical composition composed for such a mass
Greek μνημόσυνο
- μνημόσυνο (mnimósyno)mass to honor and remember a dead person
Hungarian rekviem, gyászmise
- rekviemmass to honor and remember a dead person
- gyászmisemass to honor and remember a dead person
- rekviemmusical composition composed for such a mass
- rekviempiece of music composed to honor a dead person
Icelandic sálumessa, sálumessa
- sálumessamass to honor and remember a dead person
- sálumessamusical composition composed for such a mass
Indonesian rekuiem
- rekuiemmass to honor and remember a dead person
Italian requiem, messa funebre
- requiemmass to honor and remember a dead person
- messa funebremass to honor and remember a dead person
- onoranze funebrimass to honor and remember a dead person
Japanese 死者のためのミサ, 引導
- 死者のためのミサ (shishano tame no misa)mass to honor and remember a dead person
- 引導 (indō)mass to honor and remember a dead person
- 鎮魂歌 (chinkonka)musical composition composed for such a mass
- 鎮魂歌 (chinkonka)piece of music composed to honor a dead person
Korean 진혼가
- 진혼가 (jinhon'ga)musical composition composed for such a mass
Latin missa pro defunctis
- missa pro defunctismass to honor and remember a dead person
Norwegian Bokmål rekviem, rekviem
- rekviemmass to honor and remember a dead person
- rekviemmusical composition composed for such a mass
- rekviempiece of music composed to honor a dead person
Polish msza za zmarłych, rekwiem
- msza za zmarłychmass to honor and remember a dead person
- rekwiemmass to honor and remember a dead person
- requiemmass to honor and remember a dead person
- panichidamass to honor and remember a dead person
- rekwiemmusical composition composed for such a mass
- requiemmusical composition composed for such a mass
Portuguese réquiem, réquiem
- réquiemmass to honor and remember a dead person
- réquiemmusical composition composed for such a mass
Romanian parastas, recviem
- parastasmass to honor and remember a dead person
- recviemmass to honor and remember a dead person
Russian панихи́да, ре́квием
- панихи́да (panixída)mass to honor and remember a dead person
- ре́квием (rɛ́kvijem)mass to honor and remember a dead person
- ре́квием (rɛ́kvijem)musical composition composed for such a mass
- ре́квием (rɛ́kvijem)piece of music composed to honor a dead person
Slovak rekviem, rekviem
- rekviemmass to honor and remember a dead person
- rekviempiece of music composed to honor a dead person
Spanish réquiem, réquiem
- réquiemmass to honor and remember a dead person
- réquiemmusical composition composed for such a mass
Swedish rekviem, rekviem
- rekviemmass to honor and remember a dead person
- rekviemmusical composition composed for such a mass
- rekviempiece of music composed to honor a dead person
Turkish ağıt
- ağıtmusical composition composed for such a mass
Ukrainian панихи́да, ре́квієм
- панихи́да (panyxýda)mass to honor and remember a dead person
- ре́квієм (rékvijem)mass to honor and remember a dead person
- ре́квієм (rékvijem)musical composition composed for such a mass
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with requiem
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APA
requiem. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/requiem
MLA
“requiem.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/requiem. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “requiem,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/requiem.
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