requiem

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛkwɪəm/, /ˈɹɛkwiɛm/, /ˈɹɛːkwiəm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛ.kwi.əm/
• Hyphenation: re‧qui‧em

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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”).

requiem (plural requiems)

1. A mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
2. A musical composition for such a mass.
3. A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
4. (obsolete) Rest; peace.

• dirge, elegy, threnody – funeral songs

• requiem mass

• requiescat
• See related terms of quiet

From French requin, altered by association with Etymology 1, above.

requiem (plural requiems)

1. A large or dangerous shark, specifically, (zoology) a member of the family Carcharhinidae.
   • 1973, Patrick Buchanan, A Requiem of Sharks:

     Any man-eater is called a requiem.

• requiem shark

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛkvɪɛm]

requiem n (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of rekviem

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.kɥi.jɛm/, /ʁe.kwi.jɛm/

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requiem m (plural requiems)

1. requiem

• “requiem”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Latin requiem [​aeternam dōnā eīs, Domine​] (“Grant them eternal rest, O Lord”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.kwjem/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛkwjem
• Hyphenation: rè‧quiem

requiem m (invariable)

1. requiem

• requie
• messa funebre
• messa da requiem
• onoranze funebri

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.kʷi.em/, [ˈrɛkʷiɛ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.kwi.em/, [ˈrɛːkwiem]

requiem

1. accusative singular of requiēs

From Latin requiem, the first word of the introit for the traditional requiem mass.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛkwiɛm/

requiem (Late Middle English)

1. requiem (mass for commemoration of the dead)
2. (rare) death, eternal peace

• English: requiem
• Scots: requiem (obsolete)

• “requiem, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

• rekwiem

Borrowed from Latin requiem.

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈkfi.ɛm/

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• Rhymes: -iɛm
• Syllabification: re‧qui‧em

requiem n (indeclinable)

1. (music) requiem (musical composition composed for such a mass)
2. (Roman Catholicism) requiem (mass to honor and remember a dead person)

• requiem in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• requiem in Polish dictionaries at PWN

requiem m (plural requiens)

1. Alternative spelling of réquiem