hymn
English
/hɪm/
noun
Definitions
- A song of praise or worship.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ymne derived from Old French ymne derived from Latin hymnus derived from Ancient Greek ὕμνος (song, hymn, ode).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ὕμνος
Gloss
song, hymn, ode
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
歌, 唄
Emoji
🎵
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- board English
- book English
- hymnal English
- hymnally English
- hymnboard English
- hymnbook English
- hymnic English
- hymnically English
- hymnist English
- hymnless English
- hymnlike English
- hymnography English
- hymnologist English
- hymnology English
- hymnsheet English
- hymnwriter English
- hymnwriting English
- sheet English
- writer English
- writing English
- hymnus Latin
- himnusz Hungarian
- hymne French
- гимн Russian
- ὑμνέω Ancient Greek
- ὑμνογράφος Ancient Greek
- ὕμνος Ancient Greek
- ῠ̔́μνος Ancient Greek
- *sh₂em Proto-Indo-European
- *sh₂em- Proto-Indo-European
- ymne Middle English
- ymni Old Norse
- hymne Danish
- ymne Old French
- himne Catalan, Valencian
- ჰიმნი Georgian