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A style of unaccompanied monophonic singing in the Catholic Church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plainsong, plainchant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chant
Narrower terms: cantus firmus
Named after Pope Gregory I (540–604), and certainly dating back to that time in some form, but the exact origin is a matter of ongoing research.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
cant gregorià
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Chinese Mandarin:
格列高利聖詠 /格列高利圣咏
(Géliègāolì shèngyǒng)
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Chinese Mandarin:
額我略聖歌 /额我略圣歌
(éwǒlüèshènggē)
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Finnish:
gregoriaaninen kirkkolaulu
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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French:
chant grégorien
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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German:
gregorianischer Gesang
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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German:
gregorianischer Choral
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Greek:
γρηγοριανό μέλος
(grigorianó mélos)
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Hungarian:
gregorián ének
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Icelandic:
gregorssöngur
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Indonesian:
kidung Gregorian
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Irish:
cantaireacht Ghréagórach
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Italian:
canto gregoriano
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Korean:
그레고리오 성가
(geuregorio seongga)
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Latin:
Cantus Gregorianus
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Latin:
Canthus Gregorianus
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Polish:
śpiew gregoriański
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Polish:
chorał gregoriański
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Portuguese:
canto gregoriano
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Romanian:
cânt gregorian
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Russian:
григориа́нское пе́ние
(grigoriánskoje pénije)
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Russian:
григориа́нский хора́л
(grigoriánskij xorál)
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Spanish:
canto gregoriano
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Swedish:
gregoriansk sång
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Turkish:
Gregoryen İlahi
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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Welsh:
salm-dôn Gregoraidd
— unaccompanied monotonic singing style
