From French lamenter, from Latin lāmentor, from lāmenta; with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative.

• (British, America) IPA: /ləˈmɛnt/

lament (plural laments)

1. An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
2. A song expressing grief.

• French: lamentation
• German: Klage, Wehklage, Klagen, Wehklagen
• Italian: lamento
• Portuguese: lamento, lamentação
• Russian: стена́ние
• Spanish: lamento, lamentación

• French: complainte
• German: Klagegesang, Klagelied
• Portuguese: lamento
• Russian: эле́гия

lament (laments, present participle lamenting; simple past and past participle lamented)

1. (intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC ↗, John 16:20 ↗:

     Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.

2. (transitive) To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail.
   • 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Tenth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC ↗:

     One laugh'd at follies, one lamented crimes.

• bewail

• French: se lamenter
• German: wehklagen
• Italian: lamentarsi
• Portuguese: lamentar
• Russian: стена́ть
• Spanish: lamentar

• French: plaindre
• German: beklagen
• Portuguese: lamentar
• Russian: опла́кивать