ode
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ode"
English
Etymology
From Middle French ode, from Late Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). Doublet of Aoede.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əʊd/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /oʊd/
- Homophone: owed
- Rhymes: -əʊd
Noun
ode (plural odes)
- A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.
- 1820, John Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn:
- [title]
- write an ode to someone
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Translations
a short poetical composition
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Danish
Etymology
From Late Latin oda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oːðə/, [ˈoːðə]
Inflection
Declension of ode
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ode | oden | oder | oderne |
genitive | odes | odens | oders | odernes |
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French ode, from Middle French ode, from Late Latin oda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoː.də/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ode
- Rhymes: -oːdə
Noun
French
Etymology
From Middle French ode, from Latin ōda.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Descendants
- → Dutch: ode
Further reading
- “ode”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.de/
- Rhymes: -ɔde
- Hyphenation: ò‧de
Further reading
- ode in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Variant of od. From Proto-Slavic *otъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éti
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔˈdɛ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔdɛ
- Syllabification: o‧de
Preposition
ode
Portuguese
Swedish
Etymology
Used in Swedish since 1651, cognate with English and French ode, Latin oda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ) and the older ἀοιδή (aoidḗ).
Volapük
Yoruba
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ò.dē/
Noun
òde
Derived terms
- ojúde (“outside surrounding”)
- Ìjẹ̀bú-Òde
- jáde (“to leave”)
- kéde (“to announce public'ly”)
- òde ayé (“world”)
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