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Webster 1913 Edition


Ode

Ode

(ōd)
,
Noun.
[F., fr. L.
ode
,
oda
, Gr.
ὠ,δή
a song, especially a lyric song, contr. fr.
ἀοιδή
, fr.
ἀείδειν
to sing; cf. Skr.
vad
to speak, sing. Cf.
Comedy
,
Melody
,
Monody
.]
A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.
Hangs
odes
upon hawthorns and elegies on brambles.
Shakespeare
O! run; prevent them with thy humble
ode
,
And lay it lowly at his blessed feet.
Milton.
Ode factor
,
one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; – used contemptuously.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ode

ODE

,
Noun.
[L. ode; Gr.] A short poem or song; a poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem. The ode is of the greater or less kind; the less is characterized by sweetness and ease; the greater by sublimity, rapture and quickness of transition.
Pindar has left Olympic odes, Pythian odes, Nemean odes, and Isthmian odes.
The ode consists of unequal verses in stanzas or strophes.

Definition 2024


Ode

Ode

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ode"

German

Noun

Ode f

  1. ode, poem of a certain type

ode

ode

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ode"

English

Noun

ode (plural odes)

  1. 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.
    Ode on a Grecian Urn—Keats

Translations

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Danish

Etymology

From Late Latin oda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, song).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oːðə/, [ˈoːðə]

Noun

ode c (singular definite oden, plural indefinite oder)

  1. ode

Inflection


Italian

Noun

ode f (plural odi)

  1. ode

Verb

ode

  1. third-person singular present indicative of udire

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Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *otъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éti

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɔˈd̪ɛ] (only with a following word)

Preposition

ode

  1. from, since

Usage notes

Used only with the pronoun mnie.


Portuguese

Noun

ode f (plural odes)

  1. ode

Swedish

Etymology

Used in Swedish since 1651, cognate with English, French ode, Latin oda, from Ancient Greek ομεγακοϱ-υποδή (omegakoϱ-upodḗ) and the older ἀοιδή (aoidḗ).

Noun

ode n

  1. an ode

Declension

Inflection of ode 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ode odet oden odena
Genitive odes odets odens odenas

References


Volapük

Pronoun

ode

  1. dative singular of od