requiem
requiem
noun REH-kwee-em Rare
Origin: From Latin requiem (accusative of requies), 'rest'.
Usage Note
Requiem is an indeclinable Latin loan used in Italian for a Mass for the dead or the musical composition setting it (e.g. Il Requiem di Verdi). The gender is masculine in Italian (un requiem, il requiem), and the form is invariable in the plural.
Examples
"L'orchestra ha eseguito un requiem di Mozart."
Natural Translation
The orchestra performed a requiem by Mozart.
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