alleluia

See also: alléluia

English

Etymology

From Latin allelūia, from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”).

Interjection

alleluia

1. A liturgical or variant form of hallelujah.

Noun

alleluia (plural alleluias)

1. A liturgical form of hallelujah.
2. (music) A choral composition incorporating alleluia in its text.
3. The plant wood sorrel.

Translations

liturgical form of hallelujah

• French: alléluia (fr)
• German: Halleluja (de)
• Greek: αλληλούια (el) (alliloúia)

  Ancient: ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa)

• Interlingua: alleluia
• Irish: aililiú m
• Italian: alleluia (it) m

• Latin: allelūia
• Polish: alleluja (pl)
• Portuguese: aleluia (pt)
• Russian: аллилу́йя (ru) (allilújja)
• Spanish: aleluya (es) f
• Swedish: halleluja (sv)

Verb

alleluia (third-person singular simple present alleluias, present participle alleluiaing, simple past and past participle alleluiaed)

1. Alternative spelling of hallelujah

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin allelūia, from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”).

Noun

alleluia m (invariable)

1. hallelujah

Related terms

• alleluiare
• alleluiatico