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English
Etymology
From Middle French ode , from Late Latin ōda , from Ancient Greek ᾠδή ( ōidḗ , “ song ” ) . Doublet of Aoede .
Pronunciation
Noun
ode (plural odes )
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
a short poetical composition
Armenian: ներբող (hy) ( nerboġ ) , գովերգ (hy) ( goverg )
Belarusian: о́да f ( óda )
Bulgarian: о́да (bg) f ( óda )
Catalan: oda (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 頌詞 / 颂词 (zh) ( sòngcí ) , 頌詩 / 颂诗 (zh) ( sòngshī ) , 頌 / 颂 (zh) ( sòng ) , 頌歌 / 颂歌 (zh) ( sònggē )
Czech: óda (cs) f
Danish: ode (da) c
Dutch: ode (nl) f , lofdicht (nl) n
Finnish: oodi (fi)
French: ode (fr) f
Galician: oda f
Georgian: ოდა ( oda )
German: Ode (de) f
Greek: ωδή (el) f ( odí )
Ancient: ᾠδή f ( ōidḗ ) , ὕμνος m ( húmnos )
Hebrew: אודה ( oda )
Hungarian: óda (hu)
Italian: ode (it) f
Japanese: 頌歌 (ja) ( しょうか, shōka ) , オード ( ōdo )
Kalmyk: магтал ( magtal )
Korean: 송시 ( songsi ) , 송가 ( songga ) , 오드 ( odeu )
Latin: oda
Macedonian: о́да f ( óda )
Occitan: òda (oc) f
Polish: oda (pl) f
Portuguese: ode (pt) f
Romanian: odă (ro)
Russian: о́да (ru) f ( óda )
Spanish: oda (es) f
Swedish: ode (sv)
Tagalog: oda
Ukrainian: о́да f ( óda )
Yiddish: אָדע f ( ode )
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
Ultimately from Late Latin oda , from Ancient Greek ᾠδή ( ōidḗ , “ song ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
ode f (plural ode , definite odja , definite plural odet )
( literary ) ode : lyric poem or solemn song
Declension
Further reading
“ode”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language ] (in Albanian), 1980
“ode ”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language ] (in Albanian), 2006
Danish
Etymology
From Late Latin oda , from Ancient Greek ᾠδή ( ōidḗ , “ song ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
ode c (singular definite oden , plural indefinite oder )
ode
Inflection
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 )
ode ( lyrical poem, usually in praise of something or someone )
Synonyms: eerdicht , lofdicht
Descendants
French
Etymology
From Middle French ode , from Latin ōda .
Pronunciation
Noun
ode f (plural odes )
ode ( lyrical poem )
Descendants
→ Dutch: ode
→ Russian: ода ( oda )
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 )
palm nut
Interlingua
Etymology
From Italian ode
ode
plural of ode
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin ōda , from Ancient Greek ᾠδή ( ōidḗ ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
ode f (plural odi )
ode
Etymology 2
Verb
ode
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
Alternative form of odde
Noun
ode
Alternative form of odde
Old Polish
Pronunciation
Preposition
ode
Alternative form of od
Polish
Etymology
Variant of od . From Proto-Slavic *otъ , from Proto-Indo-European *éti
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈɔ.dɛ/
Rhymes: -ɔdɛ
Syllabification: o‧de
Preposition
ode
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
Noun
ode f (plural odes )
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
an ode
Declension
References
Volapük
Pronoun
ode
dative singular of od
Yoruba
Pronunciation
Noun
òde
outside
Synonym: ìta
town
Synonym: ìlú
public
wọ́n ké sí gbogbo òde They announced to the general public
event , public outing
market
Synonym: ọjà
Derived terms