salmodia

See also: salmodiá

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin psalmōdia, from Ancient Greek ψαλμῳδία (psalmōidía, “singing to a harp”), from ψαλμός (psalmós) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ia

• IPA^(key): /sal.moˈdi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: sal‧mo‧dì‧a

Noun

salmodia f (plural salmodie)

1. (music) psalmody

Related terms

• salmodiale

Anagrams

• saldiamo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salˈmodja/ [salˈmo.ð̞ja]
• Rhymes: -odja
• Syllabification: sal‧mo‧dia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin psalmōdia, from Ancient Greek ψαλμῳδία (psalmōidía, “singing to a harp”), from ψαλμός (psalmós) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

Noun

salmodia f (plural salmodias)

1. (music) psalmody

Derived terms

• salmodiar

 

Related terms

• salmo

 

Etymology 2

Verb

salmodia

1. inflection of salmodiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “salmodia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16