This is a precise and poetic paean to the peregrine.
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Paean
//ˈpiː.ən//
Synonyms for "paean" (118 found)
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Related words (59)
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Translations
40 translations across 24 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παιάν noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
Armenian
1 entries- պեան noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пеан noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
Czech
1 entries- paján noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
Dutch
2 entries- lofzang noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
- lofzang noun (enthusiastic expression of praise)
Esperanto
2 entries- glorkanto noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
- peano noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
Finnish
4 entries- ilolaulu noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
- paiaani noun (Ancient Greek hymn)
- ylistys noun (enthusiastic expression of praise)
- ylistyslaulu noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
French
2 entries- paean noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
- péan noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
German
2 entries- Paian noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
- Päan noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
Greek
1 entries- παιάνας noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
Hungarian
2 entries- diadalének noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
- hálaének noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
Indonesian
1 entries- paian noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
Italian
1 entries- peana noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
Japanese
3 entries- ピーアン noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
- 讃歌 noun (enthusiastic expression of praise)
- 賛歌 noun (enthusiastic expression of praise)
Korean
1 entries- 찬가 noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
Lithuanian
1 entries- peanas noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
Middle French
1 entries- paean noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
Māori
2 entries- ngeri noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
- ngeri noun (enthusiastic expression of praise)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- paean noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
Polish
1 entries- pean noun (enthusiastic expression of praise)
Portuguese
2 entries- peã noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
- péan noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
Russian
2 entries- пеа́н noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
- победная песнь noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
Swedish
4 entries- hyllning noun (enthusiastic expression of praise)
- lovsång noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
- lovsång noun (enthusiastic expression of praise)
- paian noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пеан noun (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Cockney songsters Chas & Dave were recently in the top ten of the UK Vinyl Singles Chart with a reissue of their 1982 paean to days out at the seaside, Margate.
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In the mean time I am going to that part, whence I think it convenient for the battle to begin; and, as I paſs, ſhall consider how things are with reſpect to ourſelves. When I come there, and we are juſt ready to engage, I ſhall begin the Pœan;^([sic]) and do you follow.
Source: wiktionary
Oh, happy ſoldier! had thy worth been try'd, / In pious daring, on thy country's ſide! / Oh, had thy ſword Iberian battles known, / Or purple with Cantabrian ſlaughter grown; / How had thy name in deathleſs annals ſhone! / But now no Roman Pæan ſhalt thou ſing, / Nor peaceful triumphs to thy country bring, / […] Oh, hapleſs victor thou! oh, vainly brave! / How haſt thou fought, to make thyſelf a ſlave!
Source: wiktionary
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