Definition of 'hymn'
Word forms: plural hymns
1. countable noun
2. countable noun
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hymn in British English
noun
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Word origin
C13: from Latin hymnus, from Greek humnosWord Frequency
hymn in American English
verb transitive
3.
to express or praise in a hymn
verb intransitive
4.
to sing a hymn
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Word origin
ME ymen < OE ymen & OFr ymne, both < LL (Ec) hymnus < Gr hymnos, a hymn, festive song, ode
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hymn
British English: hymn
/hɪm/ NOUN
A hymn is a song sung by Christians to praise God.
I like singing hymns.
- American English: hymn
- Arabic: تَرْنِيمَةٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: hino
- Chinese: 赞美诗
- Croatian: himna
- Czech: chvalozpěv
- Danish: salme
- Dutch: hymne
- European Spanish: cántico
- Finnish: virsi
- French: hymne
- German: Hymne
- Greek: ύμνος
- Italian: inno
- Japanese: 賛美歌
- Korean: 찬송가
- Norwegian: salme
- Polish: hymn
- European Portuguese: hino
- Romanian: imn
- Russian: гимн
- Latin American Spanish: cántico
- Swedish: psalm
- Thai: เพลงศาสนา
- Turkish: ilahi
- Ukrainian: псалом
- Vietnamese: bài thánh ca
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