hymn

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English ymne, from Old English ymen (reinforced by Old French ymne), from Latin hymnus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕμνος (húmnos).

Pronunciation

Noun

hymn (plural hymns)

  1. A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one.
    • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
      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.

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Verb

hymn (third-person singular simple present hymns, present participle hymning, simple past and past participle hymned)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To sing a hymn.
    • 2009 January 21, Michael Coveney, “Tom O'Horgan”, in The Guardian‎:
      An unknown cast, including Diane Keaton, hymned the Age of Aquarius, stripped off at the end of the first act and let the sunshine in at the end of the second.
  2. (transitive) To praise or extol in hymns.

See also

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hymnus, from Ancient Greek ὕμνος (húmnos).

Pronunciation

Noun

hymn m inan

  1. (music) anthem
  2. (poetry, religion) hymn

Declension

Declension of hymn
singular plural
nominative hymn hymny
genitive hymnu hymnów
dative hymnowi hymnom
accusative hymn hymny
instrumental hymnem hymnami
locative hymnie hymnach
vocative hymnie hymny

Derived terms

adjective

Descendants

  • →? Belarusian: гімн (himn)
  • → Russian: гимн (gimn) (probably; see there for further descendants)
  • →? Ukrainian: гімн (himn)

Further reading

  • hymn in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hymn in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

hymn c

  1. hymn, anthem

Declension

Declension of hymn 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hymn hymnen hymner hymnerna
Genitive hymns hymnens hymners hymnernas
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