elegy
How many syllables in elegy?
There are 3 syllables in the word elegy.How to pronounce elegy:
Synonyms for elegy:
coronach
dirge
funeral poem
funeral song
keen
lament
plaint
requiem
threnody
verse form
Antonyms for elegy:
hymn
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- droopier
- distribute
- cleverly
- bodily
- vertices
- perineal
- outgunning
- metier
- expansion
- courteously
- coexistence
- alchemist
- regaling
- hovering
- honestly
- enabling
- Debussy
- climatic
- ascertain
- underrate
- laborer
- yttrium
- unashamed
- symbolic
- Sergio
- Pyrenees
- intellect
- discernment
- cheerio
- biosphere
- telephoned
- Lorelei
- incident
- convenience
- receptive
- reasonal
- poisonous
- pessimist
- liturgy
- emigrate
- dormancy
- tomorrow
- suggested
- gathering
- entangle
- discredit
- discomfit
- deference
- Cerberus
- unfolding
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
In certain poetic forms, like the sonnet, syllable count per line is strictly regulated to achieve a specific rhythmic effect.
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