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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespėan
Native Script:péan
Pronunciation / Transliteration: péan
"Le poème est un véritable péan à la liberté."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A song or expression of praise, triumph, or thanksgiving.
"The novelist's latest book is a passionate paean to the resilience of the human spirit." - 2
A triumphant song of victory or deliverance in classical antiquity.
"The soldiers chanted a stirring paean as they marched back from the victorious battlefield."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek paiān, the Homeric name for the physician of the gods or a song of triumph sung to Apollo. It entered English in the late 16th century via Latin, shifting from a specific hymn of invocation or thanksgiving to Apollo into a general literary term for any song, expression, or piece of writing that expresses enthusiastic praise.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Paean" is said worldwide
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pėan
Transliteration: péan
Script: péan
"Le poème est un véritable péan à la liberté."
Lobgesang
Transliteration: Lobgesang
"Ihr neues Buch ist ein wahrer Lobgesang auf die Natur."
peana
Transliteration: peana
"Il discorso fu un caloroso peana alla vittoria."
peán
Transliteration: pean
"El libro es un hermoso peán a la alegría de vivir."
peã
Transliteration: pean
"A sinfonia foi um verdadeiro peã à natureza."
जयगान
Transliteration: jayagaan
"यह उपन्यास स्वतंत्रता का एक सुंदर जयगान है।"
赞歌
Transliteration: zàngē
"这部作品是对大自然的深情赞歌。"
찬가
Transliteration: changa
"그의 연설은 평화에 대한 아름다운 찬가였다."
賛歌
Transliteration: sanka
"その詩は自然の美しさに対する賛歌である。"
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