ode

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ode"

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French ode, from Late Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). Doublet of Aoede.

Pronunciation

Noun

ode (plural odes)

  1. A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.
    write an ode to someone
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

ode (plural odes)

  1. (slang) An odonate; a dragonfly or damselfly.

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Late Latin oda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈode/
  • Rhymes: -ode
  • Hyphenation: ó‧de

Noun

ode f (plural ode, definite odja, definite plural odet)

  1. (literary) ode: lyric poem or solemn song

Declension

Declension of ode
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ode oda ode odet
accusative oden
dative ode odes odeve odeve
ablative odesh

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Jani Thomai et al. (2006), “ode”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), Tiranë: Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë

Danish

Etymology

From Late Latin oda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oːðə/, [ˈoːðə]

Noun

ode c (singular definite oden, plural indefinite oder)

  1. ode

Inflection

Declension of ode
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ode oden oder oderne
genitive odes odens oders odernes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French ode, from Middle French ode, from Late Latin oda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoː.də/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ode
  • Rhymes: -oːdə

Noun

ode f (plural odes or oden, no diminutive)

  1. ode (lyrical poem, usually in praise of something or someone)
    Synonyms: eerdicht, lofdicht

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: ode

French

Etymology

From Middle French ode, from Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ode f (plural odes)

  1. ode (lyrical poem)

Descendants

Further reading

Gun

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-ɖẽ́.[1] Cognate with Fon dě vocí, Saxwe Gbe ɛde, Saxwe Gbe ade, Ayizo de, Aja (West Africa) deku. Compare with Yoruba àdín (“palm kernel oil”), Èkìtì Yoruba ùdín (“palm kernel oil”), Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba ùdẹ́n (“palm kernel oil”), Igala ìdí (“palm kernel oil”), Edo údẹ́n (“palm oil ointment”), Igbo ùde (“ointment, palm oil ointment”), Nupe èdín (“palm kernel oil”), Nupe èdĩ, Edo ẹdi (“nut, palm nut”), Urhobo edi, with a much deeper etymology, it is proposed to be derived from a Proto-Niger-Congo root, see Usaghade útén (“oil palm”), Ibibio adan (“oil”), and Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀téndé

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ō.dé/

Noun

odé (plural odé lɛ́ or odé lẹ́)

  1. palm nut

References

  1. ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991), A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York; Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page 220

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian ode

Noun

ode (odes)

  1. ode

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.de/
  • Rhymes: -ɔde
  • Hyphenation: ò‧de

Noun

ode f (plural odi)

  1. ode

Etymology 2

Verb

ode

  1. third-person singular present indicative of udire

Further reading

  • “ode”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Hellenic *awéidō
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓είδω (ăeídō)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-ā́
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -ή (-ḗ)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ)
Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ)bor.
Latin ōdē

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ōdē f (genitive ōdēs); first declension

    1. (literature) an ode

    Declension

    First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē).

    singular plural
    nominative ōdē ōdae
    genitive ōdēs ōdārum
    dative ōdae ōdīs
    accusative ōdēn ōdās
    ablative ōdē ōdīs
    vocative ōdē ōdae

    Descendants

    References

    • “ode”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “ode”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Lower Tanana

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɔtən/

    Adverb

    ode

    1. alternative form of odenh (“all the time”)

    References

    • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 48

    Middle English

    Adjective

    ode

    1. alternative form of odde

    Noun

    ode

    1. alternative form of odde

    Old Polish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɔdɛ/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɔdɛ/

    Preposition

    ode

    1. alternative form of od

    Polish

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Variant of od. From Proto-Slavic *otъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éti

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.dɛ/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɔdɛ
    • Syllabification: o‧de

    Preposition

    ode

    1. from, since
      I nie wódź nas na pokuszenie, ale nas zbaw ode złego. ― And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

    Usage notes

    Nowadays only used with the pronoun mnie. In other uses obsolete. Contemporary variant – od.

    Further reading

    • “ode”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Hellenic *awéidō
    Ancient Greek ᾰ̓είδω (ăeídō)
    Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
    Proto-Hellenic *-ā́
    Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
    Ancient Greek -ή (-ḗ)
    Ancient Greek ᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ)
    Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ)bor.
    Latin ōdalbor.
    Portuguese ode

      Learned borrowing from Latin ōda.

      Pronunciation

      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.d͡ʒi/
       
      • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.dɨ/ [ˈɔ.ðɨ]
        • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.dɨ/

      • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔd͡ʒi, (Portugal) -ɔdɨ
      • Hyphenation: o‧de

      Noun

      ode f (plural odes)

      1. ode

      Further reading

      Potawatomi

      Etymology

      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /o.tɛ/ [o.dɛ]

      Determiner

      ode

      1. animate/inanimate singular proximal demonstrative determiner

      Usage notes

      • Usually also implies definiteness e.g. ode mbes (“the lake”).

      Pronoun

      ode

      1. animate/inanimate singular proximal demonstrative pronoun

      See also

      Potawatomi demonstrative pronouns
      animate inanimate
      proximate obviative
      singular plural singular plural
      proximal ode gode node ode node
      medial o ki ni i ni
      distal ago égi éni é'i éni

      References

      • “ode”, in Online Potawatomi Dictionary‎[3], Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 2026
      • Lockwood, Hunter Thompson (2017), How the Potawatomi Language Lives: A Grammar of Potawatomi (PhD dissertation)‎[4], Madison: University of Wisconsin-Madison, page 23

      Swedish

      Etymology

      Used in Swedish since 1651, cognate with English and French ode, Latin oda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ) and the older ἀοιδή (aoidḗ).

      Noun

      ode n

      1. an ode

      Declension

      Declension of ode
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite ode odes
      definite odet odets
      plural indefinite oden odens
      definite odena odenas

      References

      Volapük

      Pronoun

      ode

      1. dative singular of od

      Yoruba

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ò.dē/

      Noun

      òde

      1. outside
        Synonym: ìta
      2. town
        Synonym: ìlú
      3. public
        wọ́n ké sí gbogbo òde
        They announced to the general public
      4. event, public outing
      5. market
        Synonym: ọjà

      Derived terms

      • jáde (“to leave”)
      • kéde (“to announce publicly”)
      • ojúde (“outside surrounding”)
      • wọ́de (“to protest publicly”)
      • Ìjẹ̀bú-Òde
      • òde ayé (“world”)
      • òde àríyá (“social gathering”)
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