Definitions of hymn [ɪm]

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Definition of 'hymn'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) hymn
a song or ode in praise or honor of God, a deity, a nation, etc.

2. hymn
something resembling this, as a speech or essay in praise of someone or something.

3. (v.t.) hymn
to praise or celebrate in a hymn.

4. hymn
to express in a hymn.

5. (v.i.) hymn
to sing hymns.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME ymne (< OF), OE ymn < L hymnus < Gk hýmnos song in praise of gods or heroes)

Definition of 'hymn'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) hymn, anthem
a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

2. (verb) hymn
sing a hymn

3. (verb) hymn
praise by singing a hymn
"They hymned their love of God"

Definition of 'hymn'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) hymn
a song praising sth, usually God
Christian hymns

Definition of 'hymn'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) hymn
an ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns

2. (verb) hymn
to praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing

3. (verb) hymn
to sing in praise or adoration

Translation of 'hymn'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a (usually religious) song of praise.
Afrikaans: gesang	Arabic: تَرْتيل، تَرْتيلَه	Bulgarian: химн
Brazilian: hino	Czech: hymnus, chvalozpěv	German: die Hymne
Danish: salme	Greek: ύμνος	Spanish: himno
Estonian: hümn	Farsi: سرود بزرگداشت	Finnish: ylistysvirsi
French: cantique	Hebrew: מִזמוֹר	Hindi: स्त्रोत, स्तोत्रगान
Croatian: crkvena pjesma, slavopojk	Hungarian: (egyházi) ének	Indonesian: lagu pujaan
Icelandic: sálmur	Italian: inno	Japanese: 賛美歌
Korean: (교회의) 찬송가	Lithuanian: himnas	Latvian: (baznīcas) slavas dziesma
Malay: gita puja	Dutch: hymne	Norwegian: salme, hymne
Polish: hymn	Persian: سرود بزرگداشت	Pashto: مذهبی سندری
Portuguese: hino	Romanian: imn	Russian: (церковный) гимн
Slovak: hymnus	Slovenian: himna	Serbian: himna
Swedish: hymn, lovsång, psalm	Thai: เพลงสวด	Turkish: ilâhî
Taiwanese: 讚美詩	Ukrainian: гимн	Urdu: مناجات وغیرہ
Vietnamese: thánh ca	Chinese: 赞美诗
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