psalm

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• Received-Pronunciation: /sɑːm/
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• US: /sɑm/
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• US: /sɑlm/
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• US: /sɔm/
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• US: /sɔlm/
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• US, obsolete: /sæm/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɑːlm
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• CMU ARPABET: S AA1 L M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: S AA1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English salm or psalme, from Old English psealm, later reinforced from Old French psalme (modern French psaume), both from Latin psalmus, from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “the sound emanating from twitching or twanging perhaps with the hands or fingers, mostly of musical strings”) (from ψάλλω (psállō, “to make a sound by striking, touching, plucking, rubbing, twanging, or vibrating”)), but later in New Testament times the meaning of ψαλμός (psalmós) evolved from its Classical meaning of "a tune played to the harp" to a more general tune that could be played with any instrument; even a song sung with or without musical accompaniment. By the Byzantine Period, it lost all of its instrumental nuances.

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: psalm — sacred song
• Albanian: psálm — sacred song
• Albanian: psálmi — sacred song
• Arabic: مَزْمُور (mazmūr) — sacred song
• Armenian: սաղմոս (saġmos) — sacred song
• Asturian: salmu — sacred song
• Azerbaijani: məzmur — sacred song
• Basque: salmo — sacred song
• Belarusian: псало́м (psalóm) — sacred song
• Belarusian: пса́льма (psálʹma) — sacred song
• Breton: salm — sacred song
• Bulgarian: псало́м (psalóm) — sacred song
• Bulgarian: псалм (psalm) — sacred song
• Catalan: salm — sacred song
• Catalan: psalm — sacred song
• Chinese Cantonese: 詩篇 /诗篇 (si1 pin1) — sacred song
• Chinese Mandarin: 詩篇 /诗篇 (shīpiān) — sacred song
• Cornish: salm — sacred song
• Czech: žalm — sacred song
• Danish: salme — sacred song
• Dutch: psalm — sacred song
• Estonian: psalm — sacred song
• Faroese: sálmur — sacred song
• Finnish: virsi — sacred song
• French: psaume — sacred song
• West-Frisian: psalm — sacred song
• Galician: salmo — sacred song
• Georgian: ფსალმუნი (psalmuni) — sacred song
• German: Psalm — sacred song
• Gothic: 𐍀𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌼𐍉 (psalmō) — sacred song
• Greek: ψαλμός (psalmós) — sacred song
• Hebrew: מִזְמוֹר (mizmór) — sacred song
• Hindi: भजन (bhajan) — sacred song
• Hungarian: zsoltár — sacred song
• Icelandic: sálmur — sacred song
• Indonesian: mazmur — sacred song
• Ingrian: kirkkovers — sacred song
• Ingrian: jumalanlaulu — sacred song
• Irish: salm — sacred song
• Italian: salmo — sacred song
• Japanese: 詩篇 (shihen) — sacred song
• Korean: 시편 (sipyeon) — sacred song
• Latin: psalmus — sacred song
• Latvian: psalms — sacred song
• Lithuanian: psalmė — sacred song
• Macedonian: псалм (psalm) — sacred song
• Malay: mazmur — sacred song
• Malayalam: സങ്കീർത്തനം (saṅkīṟttanaṁ) — sacred song
• Maltese: salm — sacred song
• Maltese: salmi — sacred song
• Manx: saum — sacred song
• Manx: sawm — sacred song
• Middle English: salm — sacred song
• Norman: sieaume — sacred song
• Norwegian Bokmål: salme — sacred song
• Norwegian Nynorsk: salme — sacred song
• Occitan: salme — sacred song
• Church Slavic: псалъмъ (psalŭmŭ) — sacred song
• Old East Slavic: псалъмъ (psalŭmŭ) — sacred song
• Persian: مَزْمُور (mazmūr) — sacred song
• Iranian Persian: مَزْمور (mazmur) — sacred song
• Plautdietsch: Psalm — sacred song
• Polish: psalm — sacred song
• Portuguese: salmo — sacred song
• Romanian: psalm — sacred song
• Romansh: psalm — sacred song
• Russian: псало́м (psalóm) — sacred song
• Scottish Gaelic: salm — sacred song
• Serbo-Croatian: псалм — sacred song
• Serbo-Croatian: psalm — sacred song
• Slovak: žalm — sacred song
• Slovene: psalm — sacred song
• Sogdian: ܡܙܡܘܪ (mazmur) — sacred song
• Spanish: salmo — sacred song
• Swedish: psalm — sacred song
• Tagalog: salmo — sacred song
• Tajik: забур (zabur) — sacred song
• Thai: เพลงสวด (pleeng-sùuat) — sacred song
• Tibetan: གསུང་མགུར (gsung mgur) — sacred song
• Turkish: ilahi — sacred song
• Turkish: mezmur — sacred song
• Turkish: zebur — sacred song
• Ukrainian: псало́м (psalóm) — sacred song
• Urdu: مَزمُور (mazmūr) — sacred song
• Uzbek: zabur — sacred song
• Uzbek: psalom — sacred song
• Vietnamese: thánh ca — sacred song
• Vietnamese: thánh thi — sacred song
• Welsh: salm — sacred song
• Albanian: psálm — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Armenian: սաղմոս (saġmos) — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Asturian: salmu — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Azerbaijani: zəbur — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Catalan: salm — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Catalan: psalm — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Cherokee: ᏗᎧᏃᎩᏛ (dikanogidv) — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Ngazidja Comorian: zaɓura — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Cornish: salm — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Czech: žalm — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Danish: salme — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Dutch: psalm — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Finnish: psalmi — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• French: psaume — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Georgian: ფსალმუნი (psalmuni) — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• German: Psalm — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Gothic: 𐍀𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌼𐍉 (psalmō) — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Greek: ψαλμός (psalmós) — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Hebrew: מִזְמוֹר (mizmór) — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Indonesian: mazmur — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Indonesian: psalm — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Irish: salm — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Italian: salmo — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Kannada: ಕೀರ್ತನೆ (kīrtane) — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Latin: psalmus — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Māori: waiata — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Middle English: salm — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Middle English: sauter — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Norman: sieaume — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Norwegian Bokmål: salme — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Norwegian Nynorsk: salme — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Plautdietsch: Psalm — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Polish: psalm — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Portuguese: salmo — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Russian: псало́м (psalóm) — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Scottish Gaelic: salm — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Sogdian: ܡܙܡܘܪ (mazmur) — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Spanish: salmo — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Swahili: zaburi — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Swedish: psalm — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Tagalog: salmo — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Turkish: ilahi — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Turkish: zebur — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Turkish: mezmur — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Vilamovian: psolm — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Welsh: salm — a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament
• Albanian: psál — to extol in psalms; to sing
• Albanian: psalmój — to extol in psalms; to sing
• Catalan: salmejar — to extol in psalms; to sing
• Catalan: psalmejar — to extol in psalms; to sing
• Finnish: veisata — to extol in psalms; to sing
• Welsh: sallwyro — to extol in psalms; to sing