adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to hymns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hymnal
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈhɪmnəl/
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rhymes with -ɪmnəl
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CMU ARPABET: HH IH1 M N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A collection of hymns; a hymn book.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a songbook containing a collection of hymns
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hymnbook, hymnary
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: songbook
History
Etymology
From Medieval Latin hymnālis.
From Middle English hymnale, from Medieval Latin hymnāle, noun use of neuter of hymnālis.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: շարակնոց (šaraknocʻ) — book or collection of hymns
- Catalan: himnari — book or collection of hymns
- Danish: salmebog — book or collection of hymns
- Dutch: kerkgezangen — book or collection of hymns
- Esperanto: himnaro — book or collection of hymns
- Finnish: virsikirja — book or collection of hymns
- French: cantionnaire — book or collection of hymns
- German: Gesangbuch — book or collection of hymns
- German: Gesangsbuch — book or collection of hymns
- German: kirchliches Gesangbuch — book or collection of hymns
- German: Kirchengesangbuch — book or collection of hymns
- German: Kirchengesangsbuch — book or collection of hymns
- German: Choralbuch — book or collection of hymns
- German: Hymnar — book or collection of hymns
- German: Hymnarium — book or collection of hymns
- Icelandic: sálmabók — book or collection of hymns
- Italian: innario — book or collection of hymns
- Māori: pukapuka hīmene — book or collection of hymns
- Māori: hīmene — book or collection of hymns
- Khiamniungan Naga: tsúi chàm — book or collection of hymns
- Norwegian Bokmål: salmebok — book or collection of hymns
- Norwegian Nynorsk: salmebok — book or collection of hymns
- Old English: ymenbōc — book or collection of hymns
- Polish: kancjonał — book or collection of hymns
- Polish: kancjonarz — book or collection of hymns
- Northern Sami: salbmakirji — book or collection of hymns
- Spanish: himnario — book or collection of hymns
- Swedish: psalmbok — book or collection of hymns
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