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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ode /oʊd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Poetrya lyric poem, typically with an irregular meter, rhyme, or form, and expressing praise or enthusiastic emotion.
od•ic, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ode (ōd),USA pronunciation n. - Poetrya lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- Poetry(originally) a poem intended to be sung. Cf. Horatian ode, Pindaric ode.
- Greek ōidé̄, contraction of aoidé̄ song, derivative of aeídein to sing
- Late Latin ōda
- Middle French
- 1580–90
-ode1 , - a suffix of nouns, appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant "like'';
used in the formation of compound words:phyllode.Cf. -oid.
- Greek -ōdēs, probably generalized from adjectives describing smells, as kēó̄dēs smelling like incense; base ōd- of ózein to smell, give off odor
-ode2 , - a combining form meaning "way,'' "road,'' used in the formation of compound words:anode; electrode.
- Greek -odos, combining form of hodós
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ode /əʊd/ n - a lyric poem, typically addressed to a particular subject, with lines of varying lengths and complex rhythms
- (formerly) a poem meant to be sung
Etymology: 16th Century: via French from Late Latin ōda, from Greek ōidē, from aeidein to sing Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -ode n combining form - denoting resemblance: nematode
Etymology: from Greek -ōdēs, from eidos shape, form -ode n combining form - denoting a path or way: electrode
Etymology: from Greek -odos, from hodos a way |