different between choral vs hymn

English

Etymology 1

Late Latin choralis, from Latin chorus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: kô?r?l, IPA^(key): /?k????l/
• (US) enPR: kôr??l, IPA^(key): /?k???l/
• Rhymes: -????l

Adjective

choral (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus.

   Palestrina wrote choral music for the Catholic church.

Translations

Etymology 2

See chorale. Hence, cognate with etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: k?-räl?, IPA^(key): /?k????l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Noun

choral (plural chorals)

1. Alternative form of chorale

Translations

Anagrams

• lorcha, orchal

French

Adjective

choral (feminine singular chorale, masculine plural choraux, feminine plural chorales)

1. choral

Related terms

• chœur

Noun

choral m (plural choraux)

1. chorale

Further reading

• “choral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English ymne, borrowed from Old French ymne, from Latin hymnus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (húmnos).

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?m, IPA^(key): /h?m/
• Rhymes: -?m
• Homophone: him

Noun

hymn (plural hymns)

1. A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one.

   • But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

hymn (third-person singular simple present hymns, present participle hymning, simple past and past participle hymned)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To sing a hymn.
2. (transitive) To praise or extol in hymns.

   • To hymn the birth-night of the Lord.

See also

• theody

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x?mn/

Noun

hymn m inan

1. anthem
2. hymn

Declension

Swedish

Noun

hymn c

1. hymn, anthem

Declension