threne

T1H4R1E1N1E1
/θɹiːn/

noun

a dirge or lamentation

OriginLatin threnus ← Ancient Greek θρῆνος →
Scrabble 9
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounthrene (plural threnes)

plural threnes

  1. a dirge or lamentation

    1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, XXI That City's sombre Patroness and Queen, In bronze sublimity she gazes forth Over her Capital of teen and threne

    1 more example

    A truce to threnes and trentals and jeremies and all such congenital defunctive music.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
threnode

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekθρῆνος“funeral lament”
  2. Latinthrenus
  3. Englishthrene

From Latin threnus, from Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos, “funeral lament”).

More words from Latin, Ancient Greek

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan tren
  • trena dirge or lamentation
French thrène
  • thrènea dirge or lamentation
German Threnos
  • Threnosa dirge or lamentation
Italian treno
  • trenoa dirge or lamentation
Norwegian trenos
  • trenosa dirge or lamentation
Polish tren
  • trena dirge or lamentation
Russian погребальная песнь
  • погребальная песнь (pogrebalʹnaja pesnʹ)a dirge or lamentation
Spanish treno
  • trenoa dirge or lamentation

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with threne

beenbetweengreenmagazinemeanseenscreenmachinecleangenescenedeanjeanroutineHalloweenbeancuisinevaccineEugeneChristineleanfifteengasolinekeen
All rhymes →

Anagrams

netherHerent
Cite this entry
APA

threne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/threne

MLA

“threne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/threne. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “threne,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/threne.

Source: threne on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.