hymnal

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈhɪmnəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪmnəl

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English hymnale, from Medieval Latin hymnāle, noun use of neuter of hymnālis.^[1]^[2]

Noun[edit]

hymnal (plural hymnals)

A collection of hymns; a hymn book.

Synonyms[edit]

hymnary
hymnbook / hymn-book / hymn book

Derived terms[edit]

sing from the same hymnal

Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

book or collection of hymns

Armenian: շարակնոց (hy) (šaraknocʿ)
Catalan: himnari m
Danish: salmebog c
Dutch: kerkgezangen (nl)
Esperanto: himnaro
Finnish: virsikirja (fi)
French: cantionnaire (fr) m
German: Gesangbuch (de) n, Gesangsbuch n (Austrian), kirchliches Gesangbuch n, Kirchengesangbuch n, Kirchengesangsbuch n (Austrian), Choralbuch n, Hymnar n, Hymnarium n
Icelandic: sálmabók f
Italian: innario m
Maori: pukapuka hīmene, hīmene
Northern Sami: salbmakirji
Norwegian:
Bokmål: salmebok m or f

Nynorsk: salmebok f
Old English: ymenbōc f
Polish: kancjonał (pl) m, kancjonarz m
Spanish: himnario (es) m
Swedish: psalmbok (sv) c

Etymology 2[edit]

From Medieval Latin hymnālis.^[1]

Adjective[edit]

hymnal (comparative more hymnal, superlative most hymnal)

Of or pertaining to hymns.

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

hymnally

Translations[edit]

hymnic — see hymnic

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “hymnal”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
^ “hymnal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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