ode
English
/əʊd/, /oʊd/
noun
Definitions
- A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French ode derived from Latin ōda derived from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (song, ode, poem intended to be sung).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ᾠδή
Gloss
song, ode, poem intended to be sung
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
- odelet English
- odic English
- odically English
- odist English
- oda Latin
- ōda Latin
- ode French
- ода Russian
- αὐλῳδός Ancient Greek
- προσῳδία Ancient Greek
- ψαλμῳδός Ancient Greek
- ἀείδω Ancient Greek
- Ἡρῴδης Ancient Greek
- ᾠδή Ancient Greek
- ᾨδεῖον Ancient Greek
- ῥαψῳδός Ancient Greek
- ode Swedish
- オード Japanese
- oda Polish
- oda Serbo-Croatian
- ода Serbo-Croatian
- ода Bulgarian
- ode Middle French