hymn

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Etymology

From Middle English ymne, borrowed from Old French ymne, from Latin hymnus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕμνος (hymnos)

Pronunciation

• enPR: hĭm, IPA: /hɪm/, X-SAMPA: /hIm/

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• Rhymes: -ɪm
• Homophone: him

Noun

hymn (plural hymns)

1. A song of praise or worship.
   • 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 8, The Younger Set^[1]:

     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, …

Derived terms

hymnal hymnbook hymnodist hymnody

hymnology hymnographer hymnography

Translations

a song of praise or worship

• Belarusian: гімн (be) (himn)
• Breton: kaniri (br) f
• Catalan: himne (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頌 (cmn), 颂 (cmn) (sòng), 讚美詩 (cmn), 赞美诗 (cmn) (zànměishī), 聖歌 (cmn), 圣歌 (cmn) (shènggē)

• Crimean Tatar: gimn
• Czech: chvalozpěv (cs) m, chorál (cs) m
• Dutch: lofzang (nl) f, hymne (nl) f
• Esperanto: himno (eo)
• Finnish: hymni (fi)
• French: hymne m and f
• German: Hymne (de) f
• Hebrew: זמירה (he) (z"mirah)
• Icelandic: sálmur (is) m, lofsöngur (is) m
• Japanese: 賛美歌 (ja) (さんびか, sanbika), 聖歌 (ja) (せいか, seika), 賛歌 (ja) (さんか, sanka)

• Jèrriais: cantique m
• Luxembourgish: Kierchelidd (lb) n
• Maltese: innu
• Maori: himene (mi)
• Nahuatl: cuicatl
• Norwegian: Hymne
• Polish: hymn (pl) m
• Portuguese: hino (pt) m
• Russian: гимн (ru) (gimn) m
• Scots: hime
• Scottish Gaelic: laoidh (gd) m
• Serbian: slavopojka f, slavopev m, slavopevka f
• Spanish: himno (es) m
• Swedish: hymn (sv) c
• Welsh: emyn (cy) m

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To sing (a hymn).
   • 2009 January 21, Michael Coveney, “Tom O'Horgan”, 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.
   • Keble

     To hymn the bright of the Lord.

   • Byron

     Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine.

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Pronunciation

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• IPA: [xɨmn]

Noun

hymn m

1. anthem
2. 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

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Swedish

Noun

hymn c

1. hymn, anthem

Declension

Declension of hymn

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hymn	hymnen	hymner	hymnerna
genitive	hymns	hymnens	hymners	hymnernas