hymn

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ymne, from Old English ymen (reinforced by Old French ymne), from Latin hymnus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕμνος (húmnos). === Pronunciation === enPR: hĭm, IPA(key): /hɪm/ Rhymes: -ɪm Homophone: him === Noun === hymn (plural hymns) A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Esperanto: himno (partly) → Hawaiian: hīmeni ==== Translations ==== === Verb === hymn (third-person singular simple present hymns, present participle hymning, simple past and past participle hymned) (ambitransitive) To sing a hymn. (transitive) To praise or extol in hymns. ==== Translations ==== === See also === theody == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin hymnus, from Ancient Greek ὕμνος (húmnos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxɘmn/ Rhymes: -ɘmn Syllabification: hymn === Noun === hymn m inan (music) anthem (poetry, religion) hymn ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== →? Belarusian: гімн m inan (himn) → Russian: гимн m inan (gimn) (likely)→ Armenian: հիմն (himn)→ Bashkir: гимн (gimn)→ Crimean Tatar: gimn→ Georgian: ჰიმნი (himni), გიმნი (gimni) (informal, proscribed)→ Kazakh: gïmn→ Kildin Sami: гӣммн (gīmmn)→ Urum: гимн→ Uzbek: gimn →? Ukrainian: гімн m inan (himn) === Further reading === hymn in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN hymn in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Swedish == === Noun === hymn c hymn, anthem ==== Declension ====