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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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- what hymn was played as the titanic sank
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versus
English
Etymology
From Middle English versus, borrowed from Latin versus (“facing”), past participle of vertere (“to turn, change, overthrow, destroy”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?v??s?s/, /?v??s?z/
- (US) IPA(key): /?v?s?s/, /?v?s?z/, /?v?s/
- Rhymes: -??(r)s?s
- Homophone: verses
Preposition
versus
- Against; in opposition to.
- Synonyms: vs, vs., (abbreviations) v
- Compared with, as opposed to.
- 2005, Robert E. Weiss, Modeling Longitudinal Data, Springer, ?ISBN, page 104:
- If, for example, we select random people entering a workout gym, versus if we pick random people entering a hospital, we will get very different samples.
- 2005, Robert E. Weiss, Modeling Longitudinal Data, Springer, ?ISBN, page 104:
- (law) Bringing a legal action against, as used in the title of a court case in which the first party indicates the plaintiff (or appellant or the like), and the second indicates the defendant (or respondent or the like).
- Synonyms: v, (abbreviation) v.
Translations
Related terms
Further reading
- versus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Etymology
Latin versus
Preposition
versus
- versus
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin versus. Doublet of verso, which is inherited.
Preposition
versus
- versus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?u?er.sus/, [?u??rs??s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ver.sus/, [?v?rsus]
Etymology 1
From earlier vorsus, from Proto-Italic *worssos, perfect passive participle of vert? (“to turn”).
Alternative forms
- vorsus
Participle
versus (feminine versa, neuter versum); first/second-declension participle
- turned, changed, having been turned
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
- annivers?rius
- contr?versus
- pr?rsus/ pr?sus
- ?niversus
Etymology 2
Adverbial use of versus (“turned”).
Alternative forms
- versum
- vorsum
- vorsus
Adverb
versus (not comparable)
- towards, turned to or in the direction of, facing
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 3
Action noun from vert? + -tus.
Alternative forms
- vorsus
Noun
versus m (genitive vers?s); fourth declension
- a furrow (turned earth)
- (transf.) a line, row
- (partic.) a line of writing, a verse
- (partic.) a line of writing, a verse
- a land measure (= ??????? (pléthron))
- (dance) a turn, step
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Derived terms
- versiculus
- versific?
Descendants
Etymology 4
Perfect passive participle of verr? (“to sweep”).
Participle
versus (feminine versa, neuter versum); first/second-declension participle
- swept
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- versus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- versus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- versus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- versus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
Anagrams
- servus
Polish
Etymology
From Latin versus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?r.sus/
Preposition
versus
- versus (in opposition to)
- Synonym: kontra
Further reading
- versus in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- versus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Preposition
versus
- Alternative spelling of vérsus
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English versus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?be?sus/, [?be?.sus]
Preposition
versus
- versus
Usage notes
This word is sometimes frowned upon as an anglicism, with the suggestion that contra or the conjunction y should be used instead.
Further reading
- “versus” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
References
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