English Explanatory Dictionary

trental

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A set of 30 requiem masses, said once a day for a month or all in one day.
  2. The payment for this service.
  3. Synonym of triacontad, any set of thirty things.
  4. Synonym of elegy, any funeral or funereal song or poem.
  5. Synonym of month's mind, the commemorative service held on the 30th day after burial.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹɛntəl/

Word forms

trental trentals

Etymology

From Medieval Latin trentāle directly or via Old French trentel, from the neuter substantive of *Vulgar Latin trenta + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from Latin trīgintā (“thirty”).

Synonyms

tricennal tricenary triacontad any set of thirty things elegy any funeral or funereal song or poem month's mind
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