complainte
French → English
noun//kɔ̃.plɛ̃t//
(music) Lament: a traditional popular song with a sad or mournful tone, often telling a tragic story
Le troubadour chantait une vieille complainte sur un chevalier mort au combat.
(English) The troubadour sang an old lament about a knight killed in battle.
Cette complainte mélancolique évoque la dure vie des marins disparus en mer.
(English) This melancholy lament evokes the hard life of sailors lost at sea.
Entry ID: fr:en:complainte · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary