ode
pronunciation
How to pronounce ode in British English:
UK [əʊd]
How to pronounce ode in American English:
US [oʊd]
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- Noun:
- a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
Word Origin
- ode
- ode: see prosody
- ode (n.)
- 1580s, from Middle French ode (c. 1500), from Late Latin ode "lyric song," from Greek oide, Attic contraction of aoide "song, ode;" related to aeidein (Attic aidein) "to sing;" aoidos (Attic oidos) "a singer, singing;" aude "voice, tone, sound," probably from a PIE *e-weid-, perhaps from root *wed- "to speak." In classical use, "a poem intended to be sung;" in modern use usually a rhymed lyric, often an address, usually dignified, rarely extending to 150 lines. Related: Odic.
Example
- 1. Mr obama 's book is an ode to 13 great americans .
- 2. A young poet , later to become the queen 's own bard , composed an ode to my eyes .
- 3. In his case contemplation of the natural world does the job ; his final chapter is an ode to the perspective-altering discoveries of modern physics .
- 4. With the third film of his directing career , j. j. abrams ( mission : impossible iii , star trek ) has created an ode to his childhood spent making and watching movies .