Definition
A very sad or disastrous event, especially one that causes great suffering or death; also, a serious play or story with an unhappy ending.
Etymology
It comes from Greek 'tragōidia', literally 'goat song', from 'tragos' meaning 'goat' and 'ōidē' meaning 'song'. It referred to a kind of ancient Greek drama performed at festivals where a goat was sometimes a prize or sacrifice.
Kelly Says
The strange 'goat song' origin hints at how tragedy began as a ritual, not just entertainment. A tragedy isn’t just any sad event—it’s a story where a person’s strengths and flaws pull them toward a fall they can’t quite escape.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
tragedia
tra-ge-di-a
CACatalà
tragedia
tra-ge-dee-a
CSČeština
tragedie
tra-ge-dee
DADansk
tragedie
tra-ge-di
DEDeutsch
Tragödie
tra-go-dee
ELΕλληνικά
τραγωδία
tra-go-dee-a
ESEspañol
tragedia
tra-ge-dee-a
FISuomi
tragedia
tra-ge-dee-a
FRFrançais
tragédie
tra-je-dee
HEעברית
טרגדיה
tra-ge-di-ya
HIहिन्दी
नाटकीय
na-ta-kee-ya
HUMagyar
tragédia
tra-ge-dee-a
IDBahasa Indonesia
tragedi
tra-je-di
ITItaliano
tragedia
tra-ge-dee-a
KKKK
трагедия
tra-ge-di-ya
KMKM
ប្រវត្តិ
pra-vatt-hi
MSBahasa Melayu
tragedi
tra-je-di
NLNederlands
tragedie
tra-ge-dee
NONorsk
tragedi
tra-ge-di
PLPolski
tragedia
tra-ge-dee-a
PTPortuguês
tragédia
tra-je-dee-a
RORomână
tragedie
tra-ge-dee
RUРусский
трагедия
tra-ge-dee-ya
SVSvenska
tragedi
tra-ge-di
SWKiswahili
tragedi
tra-je-di
TAதமிழ்
தொடர்பு
to-da-ar-pu
THไทย
อุบัติเหตุ
u-thi-he-tu
TLTL
tragedya
tra-ge-dy-a
TRTürkçe
trajedi
tra-je-di
UKУкраїнська
трагедія
tra-ge-di-ya
VITiếng Việt
bi kịch
bi-ki-ch