noun
Meaning 1
A song or poem celebrating a marriage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
epithalamium
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/ɛpɪθəˈleɪmɪəm/
noun
Meaning 2
A song in praise of the bride or bridegroom
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Ancient Greece
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an ode honoring a bride and bridegroom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ode
Narrower terms: prothalamion, prothalamium
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin epithalamium, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιθαλάμιον (epithalámion, “bridal song”), neuter form of ἐπιθαλάμιος (epithalámios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + θάλαμος (thálamos, “inner chamber, wedding chamber”).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: epitalami — song or poem celebrating a marriage
- Finnish: häälaulu — song or poem celebrating a marriage
- Finnish: hääruno — song or poem celebrating a marriage
- French: épithalame — song or poem celebrating a marriage
- Italian: epitalamio — song or poem celebrating a marriage
- Latin: epithalamium — song or poem celebrating a marriage
- Polish: epitalamium — song or poem celebrating a marriage
- Portuguese: epitalâmio — song or poem celebrating a marriage
- Romanian: epitalam — song or poem celebrating a marriage
- Russian: эпиталама (epitalama) — song or poem celebrating a marriage
- Spanish: epitalamio — song or poem celebrating a marriage