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tragedie
tragedy /tra.dʒeˈdi.e/
noun#3446 most common
Also: disaster, calamity
Example sentences
Filmul acesta este o tragedie.
This film is a tragedy.
Am citit o tragedie de Shakespeare.
I read a tragedy by Shakespeare.
Moartea lui a fost o mare tragedie pentru familie.
His death was a great tragedy for the family.
Tragedia s-a petrecut chiar în fața ochilor noștri.
The tragedy happened right before our eyes.
Criticii au analizat structura tragediei antice grecești.
Critics analyzed the structure of ancient Greek tragedy.
Tragediile lui Sofocle explorează conflictul dintre destin și liberul arbitru.
Sophocles' tragedies explore the conflict between fate and free will.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tragedie | tragedii |
| Genitive | tragediei | tragediilor |
| Accusative | tragedie | tragedii |
| Vocative | tragedie | tragedii |
Word family
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "tragedie" from French "tragédie" in the nineteenth century, as part of a wave of French loanwords that reshaped literary vocabulary. French took the word from Latin "tragoedia", which came from Greek "tragōidia". The Greek word itself is a compound whose deeper origin is debated among scholars, so no secure Indo-European root can be given.
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