English

Etymology
Middle English ymne, borrowed from Old French ymne, from Latin hymnus, borrowed from Ancient Greek �μνο�

Pronunciation
{| border1 cellpadding5
| w:IPA|IPA || /hɪm/
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| w:SAMPA|SAMPA || /hIm/
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| w:AHD|AHD || hÄ­m
|}
audio|en-us-hymn.ogg|Audio (US)

Homophones
him

Noun
hymn (plural: hymns)

1. a song of praise or worship

Translations
trans-top|a song of praise or worship
Chinese:
*Simplified Chinese: � (sòng), ��� (zàn m�i shī), �� (shèng g�)
*Traditional Chinese: �, ��詩, ��
Crimean Tatar: gimn
Dutch: lofzang f, hymne f
Finnish: hymni
French: hymne m and f
Hebrew: he-translation|���ר�|z"mirah
Icelandic: sálmur m, lofsöngur m
Japanese: ���, ��� (����, sambika); �� (���, seika); ��, �� (���, sanka)
trans-mid
Maltese: innu
Nahuatl: cuicatl
Norwegian: Hymne
Polish: hymn m
Portuguese: hino m
Russian: гимн (gimn) m
Spanish: himno m
Swedish: #Swedish|hymn c
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Derived terms
hymnal
hymnody
hymnology
hymnographer
hymnography

Category:Greek derivations

Swedish
Noun
sv-noun-reg-er
hymn c
##English|hymn, anthem

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