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ode

Pronunciation: /ɔd/

“ode” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. ode (lyrical poem)

In French

  1. Poème lyrique (donc chanté) composé d’une strophe, d’une antistrophe et d’une épode, que le chœur chantait en décrivant certaines évolutions.
  2. Poème lyrique divisé en strophes qui sont ordinairement semblables entre elles par le nombre et la mesure des vers.

Etymology

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

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