hymnal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪmnəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪmnəl

Etymology 1

From Middle English hymnale, from Medieval Latin hymnāle, noun use of neuter of hymnālis.

Noun

hymnal (plural hymnals)

1. A collection of hymns; a hymn book.

Synonyms

• hymnary
• hymnbook / hymn-book / hymn book

Derived terms

• sing from the same hymnal

Related terms

• hymn
• hymnally
• hymnic
• hymnical
• hymnically
• hymnodist
• hymnody
• hymnology
• hymnologist
• hymnbook

Translations

book or collection of hymns

• Armenian: շարակնոց (hy) (šaraknocʻ)
• Catalan: himnari m
• Danish: salmebog c
• Dutch: kerkgezangen (nl)
• Esperanto: himnaro
• Finnish: virsikirja (fi)
• French: cantionnaire (fr) m
• German: Gesangbuch (de) n, Gesangsbuch n (Austrian), kirchliches Gesangbuch n, Kirchengesangbuch n, Kirchengesangsbuch n (Austrian), Choralbuch n, Hymnar n, Hymnarium n
• Icelandic: sálmabók f
• Italian: innario m
• Khiamniungan Naga: tsúi chàm
• Maori: pukapuka hīmene, hīmene
• Northern Sami: salbmakirji
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: salmebok m or f

  Nynorsk: salmebok f

• Old English: ymenbōc f
• Polish: kancjonał (pl) m, kancjonarz m
• Spanish: himnario (es) m
• Swedish: psalmbok (sv) c

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin hymnālis.

Adjective

hymnal (comparative more hymnal, superlative most hymnal)

1. Of or pertaining to hymns.

Synonyms

• hymnic
• hymnical

Derived terms

• hymnally

Translations

hymnic — see hymnic