eulogy

Etymology
From, from , apparently from a confusion between  (whence , ) and  (from , whence ); equivalent to  ("good words"). .

Noun

 * 1) An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.
 * 2) Speaking highly of someone or something; the act of praising or commending someone or something.

Usage notes
Because the words eulogy and sound and look similar and both concern speeches or poems associated with someone's death and funeral, they are easily confused. A simple key to remembering the difference is that an elegy is chiefly about lamenting whereas a eulogy is chiefly about praising (and = "good").

Coordinate terms

 * ,, – funeral song
 * – funeral oration by clergy
 * – music played at a mass to honor a deceased person

Translations

 * Arabic: أُمْدُوحَة, رِثَاء
 * Bulgarian: панегирик
 * Catalan: elogi
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏓᎸᏉᏗᏗᏳ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: velebení,
 * Danish: ligtale
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, Lobesrede,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐπιτάφιος
 * Gujarati:
 * Hebrew: הֶסְפֵּד
 * Hindi:
 * Irish: aitheasc, moladh mairbh, óráid mholta
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ユーロジー
 * Korean:
 * Latin: laudatio, eulogium
 * Macedonian: панеги́рик
 * Maori: poroaki, poroporoaki
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , надгро́бная речь
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: lovtal
 * Tagalog: elohiyo
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian: надгробна промова
 * Vietnamese: điếu văn


 * Arabic: ثَنَاء, أُمْدُوحَة, مَدِيح, مَدْح
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: vychvalování, vynášení do nebe
 * Danish: lovtale, lovord
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Irish: amhra, adhmholadh, dréacht molta, formholadh, moladh, teasmholadh
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: славо́појка, панеги́рик
 * Norwegian: hyldningstale, lovtale
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: lovtal,
 * Ukrainian: панегірик, вихваляння