canticle

English

Etymology

From Latin canticulum, diminutive of cantus (“song”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæntɪkəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

canticle (plural canticles)

1. A chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text.

Usage notes

• The Psalms are not considered to be canticles.

Translations

a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text

• Catalan: càntic (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖歌 / 圣歌 (zh) (shènggē)

• Esperanto: kantiko
• French: cantique (fr) m
• German: Canticum m, Cantica f pl, Kirchenlied (de) n
• Irish: caintic f
• Italian: cantico (it) m
• Polish: kantyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: cântico (pt) m
• Russian: кант (ru) m (kant), ка́нтика f (kántika), церко́вный гимн m (cerkóvnyj gimn)
• Spanish: cántico m

Further reading

• canticle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• lectican