compline

English

Alternative forms

• complin

Etymology

From Middle English compelin, cumplie, from Old French complie, from Latin complēta (hōra) (literally “finished hour”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmplɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmplɪn/

Noun

compline (plural complines)

1. (Christianity) The last of the canonical hours, sung just before retiring to bed.

Translations

last of the canonical hours

• Armenian: եկեսցե (ekescʻe)
• Bulgarian: вечерня (večernja)
• Dutch: completen (nl) n pl
• Finnish: kompletorio
• French: complies (fr) f pl
• German: Komplet (de) f
• Greek: απόδειπνο (el) n (apódeipno)
• Hungarian: kompletórium, kompléta
• Irish: coimpléid f
• Italian: compieta f
• Latin: complētōrium n
• Macedonian: повечерие n (povečerie)
• Old English: nihtsang m
• Polish: Kompleta (pl) f
• Russian: повече́рие (ru) n (povečérije)
• Serbo-Croatian: večernja (sh) f, večernjica (sh) f, kompletorij (sh) m
• Slovak: kompletórium n
• Spanish: completas (es) f pl
• Welsh: cwmplin m