requiem

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

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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): /ʁe.kɥi.jɛm/, /ʁe.kwi.jɛm/

requiem m (plural requiems)

1. requiem

• “requiem” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.kwjem/, [ˈr̺ɛːkwjem]
• Stress: rèquiem
• Hyphenation: re‧quiem

requiem m (invariable)

1. requiem

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

requiēm

1. accusative singular of requies

requiem m (plural requiens)

1. Alternative spelling of réquiem