requiem

Other forms of requiem

plural

requiems·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about requiem

What does requiem mean?

requiem means "a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in requiem?

requiem has 3 syllables: req-ui-em. The stress falls on "req". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛkwiəm/.

What is another word for requiem?

Close synonyms include dirge, coronach, lament, threnody. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is requiem a common word?

requiem is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.