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hymn
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)
- 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)
- (transitive, intransitive) To sing a hymn.
- (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
- anthem
- hymn
Declension
Swedish
Noun
hymn c
- hymn, anthem
Declension
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poem
English
Alternative forms
- poëm (rare or archaic)
- poeme (rare or archaic)
Etymology
From Middle French poème, from Latin po?ma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (poí?ma), from ????? (poié?, “I make”). Displaced native Old English l?oþ.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p????m/, [?p?????m]
- (US) IPA(key): /?po???m/, /po??m/, [?p?o(??)?m], [?p?o(??)m?], [?p?o(??)m]
- (India) IPA(key): /?po???m/, [?po(??)?m]
- (Malaysia) IPA(key): /poj?m/
- Rhymes: -???m, -??m
Noun
poem (plural poems)
- A literary piece written in verse.
- A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.
- A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.
Holonyms
- poetry
Derived terms
Related terms
- poet
- poetic
- poetics
- poetry
Translations
Further reading
- poem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- poem in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- poem at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- mope, pome
Scots
Etymology
From Middle French poème, from Latin po?ma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (poí?ma), from ????? (poié?, “I make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pom], [po?m]
Noun
poem (plural poems)
- poem
- 1985, John J. Graham, "E Wir ain aald language. Writin ida Shetland dialect", in Manfred Görlach, Focus on Scotland, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 193.
- Hit wisna till weel trowe da nineteent century at Shetlanders tried der haand at writin ida dialect — maistly poems, wi a antrin story noo an dan.
- 1991, Chapman, No. 67-70, page 36.
- And Hugh MacDiarmid was and is A Brawli Makar, for as siccan folk hand tae 't as thrugaun as a poem itsel, he daes, an daes he no.
- 2000, Chapman, No. 95-97, page 64.
- The pseudonym TSL first thocht on uisin stertin oot ti publish his wark wis Thrawn, an he uised this for whit we think micht be his first published poem in a Sooth African paper at haes (for nou) hidden itsel ower again amang the files.
- 1985, John J. Graham, "E Wir ain aald language. Writin ida Shetland dialect", in Manfred Görlach, Focus on Scotland, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 193.
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle French poème, from Latin po?ma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (poí?ma), from ????? (poié?, “I make”).
Noun
poem n
- poem
Declension
Vilamovian
Noun
poem n
- poem
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