different between lyric vs plena

English

Alternative forms

• lyrick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French lyrique, or its source, Latin lyricus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (lurikós), from ???? (lúra, “lyre”).

The original Greek sense of "lyric poetry"—"poetry accompanied by the lyre" i.e. "words set to music"—eventually led to its use as "lyrics", first attested in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Stainer and Barrett used the word as a singular substantive: "Lyric, poetry or blank verse intended to be set to music and sung". By the 1930s, the present use of the plurale tantum "lyrics" had begun; it has been standard since the 1950s for many writers. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song by authorities such as Alec Wilder, Robert Gottlieb, and Stephen Sondheim. However, the singular form is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

lyric (comparative more lyric, superlative most lyric)

1. (poetry) Of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style
2. Of or relating to a writer of such poetry
3. lyrical
4. Having a light singing voice of modest range
5. Of or relating to musical drama and opera
6. melodious
7. Of or relating to the lyre (or sometimes the harp)

Derived terms

• lyrical
• lyrically
• lyricize

Noun

lyric (plural lyrics)

1. A lyric poem.
2. (usually in the plural) The words of a song or other vocal music.

Usage notes

The singular form is sometimes used to refer to a part of the words, whereas the plural form is usually used to refer to all of the words. In formal usage, the singular form is still often used to refer to all of the words.

Derived terms

• lyricism
• lyricist
• lyricize

Translations

Anagrams

• Cyril

English

Etymology 1

Noun

plena (countable and uncountable, plural plenas)

1. (music, uncountable) A style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and often satirical lyrics
2. (music, countable) A song in this style

Etymology 2

Noun

plena

1. plural of plenum

Anagrams

• 'plane, Alpen, Nepal, Palen, palen, panel, penal, plane

Catalan

Adjective

plena f sg

1. feminine singular of ple

Noun

plena f (plural plenes)

1. (castells) in a castell with three or five castellers per level, the column to the right of the rengla
2. (games) A game similar to bingo popular around Christmastime.

   Synonyms: quina, quinto, rifla

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pl?na, *pelena (“thin skin, thin fabric”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“skin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pl?na/

Noun

plena f

1. diaper (US), nappy (UK)

Declension

Synonyms

• plenka f

References

Further reading

• plena in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• plena in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Etymology

Compare Latin pl?n?rius, Catalan ple, French plein, Ido plena, Italian pieno, Portuguese cheio, Romanian plin, Sardinian prenu, Spanish lleno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?plena/
• Hyphenation: ple?na

Adjective

plena (accusative singular plenan, plural plenaj, accusative plural plenajn)

1. full, complete
   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, "Proverbaro Esperanta":

     De peko kaj mizero estas plena la tero.

     The earth is full of sin and misery.

Usage notes

-plena is used in many compounds to mean "full of", similar to the suffix -ful.

Antonyms

• malplena (“empty”)

Derived terms

• nuboplena (“overcast”)
• plenmano (“handful”)
• plenplena (“chock full”)

Ido

Etymology

Compare Catalan ple, Esperanto plena, French plein, Italian pieno, Portuguese cheio, Romanian plin, Sardinian prenu, Spanish lleno.

Adjective

plena

1. full

Antonyms

• vakua

Interlingua

Verb

plena

1. present of plenar
2. imperative of plenar

Latin

Adjective

pl?na

1. nominative feminine singular of pl?nus
2. nominative neuter plural of pl?nus
3. accusative neuter plural of pl?nus
4. vocative feminine singular of pl?nus
5. vocative neuter plural of pl?nus

Adjective

pl?n?

1. ablative feminine singular of pl?nus

Portuguese

Adjective

plena

1. feminine singular of pleno

Spanish

Etymology 1

Adjective

plena

1. feminine singular of pleno

Etymology 2

From French plaine.

Noun

plena f (plural plenas)

1. (Louisiana) a plain, pl. plains

Etymology 3

Uncertain, but often attributed as a folk etymology to an event at which an immigrant woman to Puerto Rico from the lesser antilles by the name of Ana or Anna, vigorously played a rhythm on a tambourine type instrument to shouts of "Play Anna! Play Anna!".

Noun

plena f (plural plenas)

1. (Carribean Spanish) a type of music from the island of Puerto Rico featuring a characteristic rhythm played upon frame drums called panderetas