ode

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ode"

English

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Etymology

From Middle French ode, from Late Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). Doublet of Aoede.

Pronunciation

Noun

ode (plural odes)

  1. 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.
    write an ode to someone

Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Late Latin oda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ode c (singular definite oden, plural indefinite oder)

  1. ode

Inflection

Declension of ode
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ode oden oder oderne
genitive odes odens oders odernes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French ode, from Middle French ode, from Late Latin oda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ode f (plural odes or oden)

  1. ode (lyrical poem, usually in praise of something or someone)
    Synonyms: eerdicht, lofdicht

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: ode

French

Etymology

From Middle French ode, from Latin ōda.

Pronunciation

Noun

ode f (plural odes)

  1. ode (lyrical poem)

Descendants

Further reading

Gun

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-ɖẽ́. Cognate with Fon dě vocí, Saxwe Gbe ɛde, Saxwe Gbe ade, Ayizo de, Adja deku. Compare with Yoruba àdín (“palm kernel oil”), Èkìtì Yoruba ùdín (“palm kernel oil”), Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba ùdẹ́n (“palm kernel oil”), Igala ìdí (“palm kernel oil”), Edo údẹ́n (“palm oil ointment”), Igbo ùde (“ointment, palm oil ointment”), Nupe èdín (“palm kernel oil”), Nupe èdĩ, Edo ẹdi (“nut, palm nut”), Urhobo edi, with a much deeper etymology, it is proposed to be derived from a Proto-Niger-Congo root, see Usaghade útén (“oil palm”), Ibibio adan (“oil”), and Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀téndé

Pronunciation

Noun

odé (plural odé lɛ́ or odé lẹ́)

  1. palm nut

Related terms

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian ode ode

  1. plural of ode

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ode f (plural odi)

  1. ode

Etymology 2

Verb

ode

  1. third-person singular present indicative of udire

Further reading

  • ode in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Middle English

Adjective

ode

  1. Alternative form of odde

Noun

ode

  1. Alternative form of odde

Old Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɔdɛ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɔdɛ/

Preposition

ode

  1. Alternative form of od

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Variant of od. From Proto-Slavic *otъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éti

Pronunciation

Preposition

ode

  1. from, since
    I nie wódź nas na pokuszenie, ale nas zbaw ode złego. ― And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Usage notes

Nowadays only used with the pronoun mnie. In other uses obsolete. Contemporary variant – od.

Further reading

  • ode in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ōda.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: o‧de

Noun

ode f (plural odes)

  1. ode

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Used in Swedish since 1651, cognate with English and French ode, Latin oda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ) and the older ἀοιδή (aoidḗ).

Noun

ode n

  1. an ode

Declension

Declension of ode 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ode odet oden odena
Genitive odes odets odens odenas

References

Volapük

Pronoun

ode

  1. dative singular of od

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Noun

òde

  1. outside
    Synonym: ìta
  2. town
    Synonym: ìlú
  3. public
    wọ́n ké sí gbogbo òde
    They announced to the general public
  4. event, public outing
  5. market
    Synonym: ọjà

Derived terms

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