[ləˈmɛnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a passionate expression of grief or sorrow
(e.g: his mother's night-long laments for his father)

- a complaint
(e.g: there were constant laments about the conditions of employment)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from French lamenter or Latin lamentari, from lamenta (plural) ‘weeping, wailing’

[ləˈmɛnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- express passionate grief about
(e.g: he was lamenting the death of his infant daughter)

- express regret or disappointment about something
(e.g: she lamented the lack of shops in the town)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from French lamenter or Latin lamentari, from lamenta (plural) ‘weeping, wailing’