ode

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
noun
  1. An odonate; a dragonfly or damselfly.
name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. Initialism of ordinary differential equation.
name
  1. Initialism of Oxford Dictionary of English.
  2. Initialism of Orchestration Director Engine.

Pronunciation

/oʊd/ /əʊd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ode.wav /od/

Word forms

ode odes

Etymology

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

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