tragedy
/ˈtradʒɪdi/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈtradʒɪdi/
tragedy
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
tra - ge - dy -> tragedy
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ [C, U] ကံဆိုးမိုးမှောင်ကျခြင်း။ အဖြစ်ဆိုး။ Investigators are searching the wreckage of the plane to try to find the cause of the tragedy. ❍ The whole affair ended in tragedy. ❍ It's a tragedy (ie extremely unfortunate) for this country that such a great musician died so young.
၂။ (က) [C] အလွမ်းဇာတ်။ အဆွေးဇာတ်။ Shakespeare's tragedies and comedies.
(ခ) [U] …အလွမ်းဇာတ်သဘင်။ Greek tragedy. Compare COMEDY၁
❏ tragedian /trǝ'dʒi:diǝn/ n
၁။ အလွမ်းပြဇာတ်ရေးဆရာ။
၂။ အလွမ်းမင်းသား။
❏ tragedienne /trǝdʒi:di'en/ n အလွမ်းမင်းသမီး။
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disaster, calamity, catastrophe, misfortune, heartbreak, adversity, affliction, bad fortune, bad luck, blight, blow, cataclysm, contretemps, curse, curtains, dole, dolor, doom, downer, failure, hard knocks, hardship, humiliation, lot, misadventure, mischance, mishap, reverse, shock, struggle, the worst, unluckiness, waterloo, woe, wreck
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