hymne

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

hymne

from Latin hymnus, itself from Ancient Greek ὕμνος, perhaps a variant of the word that gives us hymen, hymeneal. The word changed from masculine to feminine in Old French, 'more commonly feminine' in the seventeenth century, then etymologically restored to the masculine gender.

Definitions

antiquité
musique

Synonyms

Plural

hymnes

Hyponyms

trisagionchérubique

Translations

  • germangerman:Hymne
  • englishenglish:anthem
  • danishdanish:hymne
  • spanishspanish:himno
  • finnishfinnish:virsi
  • greekgreek:υμνωδία
  • italianitalian:inno
  • dutchdutch:kerkgezang
  • polishpolish:hymn
  • portugueseportuguese:hino
  • russianrussian:гимн
  • swedishswedish:lovsång
  • turkishturkish:ilahi