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Meaning of "epithalamium" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EPITHALAMIUM

From Latin, from Greek epithalamion marriage song, from thalamos bridal chamber.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EPITHALAMIUM

epithalamium  [ˌɛpɪθəˈleɪmɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPITHALAMIUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Epithalamium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EPITHALAMIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Epithalamium

An epithalamium is a poem written specifically for the bride on the way to her marital chamber. This form continued in popularity through the history of the classical world; the Roman poet Catullus wrote a famous epithalamium, which was translated from or at least inspired by a now-lost work of Sappho.

Definition of epithalamium in the English dictionary

The definition of epithalamium in the dictionary is a poem or song written to celebrate a marriage; nuptial ode.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPITHALAMIUM


cadmium
ˈkædmɪəm
chromium
ˈkrəʊmɪəm
didymium
daɪˈdɪmɪəm
encomium
ɛnˈkəʊmɪəm
fermium
ˈfɜːmɪəm
ferrochromium
ˌfɛrəʊˈkrəʊmɪəm
gelsemium
dʒɛlˈsiːmɪəm
holmium
ˈhɒlmɪəm
iridosmium
ˌɪrɪdˈɒzmɪəm
neodymium
ˌniːəʊˈdɪmɪəm
osmium
ˈɒzmɪəm
peridesmium
ˌpɛrɪˈdɛzmɪəm
phormium
ˈfɔːmɪəm
praseodymium
ˌpreɪzɪəʊˈdɪmɪəm
premium
ˈpriːmɪəm
prooemium
prəʊˈiːmɪəm
prostomium
prəʊˈstəʊmɪəm
prothalamium
ˌprəʊθəˈleɪmɪəm
superpremium
ˌsuːpərˈpriːmɪəm
Verulamium
ˌvɛrʊˈleɪmɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPITHALAMIUM

epithalamia
epithalamic
epithalamion
epitheca
epithecae
epithelia
epithelial
epithelialise
epithelialize
epithelioid
epithelioma
epitheliomata
epitheliomatous
epithelisation
epithelise
epithelium
epithelization
epithelize
epithem
epithema

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPITHALAMIUM

aluminium
aquarium
at a premium
auditorium
Belgium
calcium
consortium
coremium
equilibrium
insurance premium
lithium
medium
millennium
share premium
sodium
stadium
stomium
symposium
titanium
zoospermium

Synonyms and antonyms of epithalamium in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «epithalamium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EPITHALAMIUM

Find out the translation of epithalamium to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of epithalamium from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «epithalamium» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

epithalamium
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

epitalamio
570 millions of speakers

English

epithalamium
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

epithalamium
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

epithalamium
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Epithalamium
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

epitalâmio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

epithalamium
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épithalame
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Epithalamium
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

epithalamium
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

epithalamium
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

epithalamium
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Epithalamium
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

epithalamium
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

epithalamium
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एपिथेथियमियम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düğün kasidesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

epitalamio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

epithalamium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Epithalamium
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

epithalamium
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

epithalamium
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

epithalamium
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

epithalamium
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

epithalamium
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of epithalamium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EPITHALAMIUM»

The term «epithalamium» is normally little used and occupies the 128.415 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EPITHALAMIUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «epithalamium» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «epithalamium» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about epithalamium

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPITHALAMIUM»

Discover the use of epithalamium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to epithalamium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Epithalamium;
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Mary Mathews Barnes, 2012
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Epithalamium in honour of the marriage of their Royal ...
... @1111 most GSraqinuz filajcstg T H E QU E E N. EPITHALAMIUM ON THE manist uf 1132i! Engal giglgnzsazs THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA 0F DENMARK, AS RECITED BY MISS AVONIA JONES , AT THE ...
Edward VII (King of Great Britain), Emma Robinson, 1863
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The Voice of Britain. [An Epithalamium on the Marriage of ...
VOICE. TO HIS SERENE HIG'HNESS CHARLES WILLIAM FERDINAND HEREDITA'RT PRINCE OF B R U N S W I C K, THE ANNEXED EPITHALAMIUM Is WITH ALL HUMILITY ADDRESSED ON HIS I'NTERMARRIAGE WITH HER ROTAL ...
VOICE., 1764
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Epithalamium, or Nuptial Ode, on the happy union of ... the ...
'flak-'H A EPITHALAMIUM, Q'c. (Y0. Q0. I. YE tuneful Nine assist the.
‎1816
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Poetry and Exegesis in Premodern Latin Christianity: The ...
In the Greek world, since the time of Homer and Hesiod, the epithalamium (or hymenaios in Greek) was a wedding hymn sung either outside the bride's room ( the λαμς) or during her nuptial procession towards the bridegroom's house.10 ...
Willemien Otten, Karla Pollmann, 2007
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A mock Epithalamium upon the fictitious marriage of the ...
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Myricae:
Gilbert & Godelieve TOURNOY-THOEN GIOVANNI GIGLI AND THE RENAISSANCE OF THE CLASSICAL EPITHALAMIUM IN ENGLAND On 18 January 1486 Henry VII, who had been ruling over England for five months, married Elizabeth of ...
Dirk Sacré, Gilbert Tournoy, 2000
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Marriage Customs of the World: From Henna to Honeymoons
1932. The Bride's Book or Young Housewife's Compendium. London: Gerald Howe. Epithalamium A song or poem to celebrate a wedding, an epithalamium differs from fescennine songs or verses in that the epithalamium is a praising verse, ...
George Monger, 2004
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Brill’s Companion to Greek and Latin Epyllion and Its Reception
is sharpened by Joseph Justus scaliger in the next generation of scholars, who assumed that Catullus drew here on a lost epithalamium for the heroic couple by Hesiod.41 a century later, however, the dutch scholar isaac vossius preferred to ...
Manuel Baumbach, Silvio Bär, 2012
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Venantius Fortunatus: Personal and Political Poems
For the tradition of epithalamium, seeC. Morelli, "L'epithalamio nella tarda poesia Latina", Sludi Itahani 18 (1910), pp. 319-432; M. Roberts, "The use of myth in Latin epithalamia from Sidoniusto Venantius Fortunatus". Transactions of the ...
Venance Fortunat ((saint ;), Judith W. George, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EPITHALAMIUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term epithalamium is used in the context of the following news items.
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Leigh Bowery and Lucian Freud: the model and the artist
The poem's title, Epithalamium, refers to songs sung by children in ancient Greece at the door of a nuptial chamber in praise of the bride and ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
2
Books that Changed Me: Mary Norris
The title, I later recognised, is a reference to an epithalamium, or wedding song, by Sappho: "The groom's as tall as Ares, far taller than a tall ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
3
Style Invitational Week 1129: Nobody uses spelling bee words? You …
collutorium commissurotomy cravenette ctenoid cypseline distelfink ephelides epithalamium gnathostome hippocrepiform hooroosh iridocyclitis «Washington Post, Jun 15»
4
The 2015 BBC Proms season is announced
... including James MacMillan's Symphony No 4 (on August 3), B Tommy Andersson's Pan (on September 3), Hugh Wood's Epithalamium (July ... «Gramophone, Apr 15»
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The Online Oxford English Dictionaries (OED) are coming to your …
Do you know what epithalamium or sirgang means? Have you ever had difficulty Almonte Library deciphering and understanding some of the ... «Millstone News, Apr 15»
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Andy Murray's emoticons leave me lost for words
How on earth is a chap to fill the seven interminable hours between breakfast and nuptials? By composing an epithalamium, that's how. «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
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Composer John McCabe has died
... 2001), followed by Debussy (Snowfall in Winter, 2003), Ravel (Tunstall Chimes, 2004), Mussorgsky (Epithalamium, 2006) and – surprise, ... «Gramophone, Feb 15»
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Three essays on 'Romeo and Juliet'.
Too slow as she delivers her epithalamium on the couple's wedding ... and perfects inherited forms, like the epithalamium and the aubade, ... «The Fortnightly Review, Dec 14»
9
"The Verging Cities" On Monday's Access Utah
Composed in a variety of forms, from sonnet and epithalamium to endnotes and field notes, each poem distills violent stories of narcos, ... «Utah Public Radio, Nov 14»
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Romeo and Juliet crash and fall in the 1890s
The cuts were the standard ones (ballet and epithalamium in the Fourth Act, and after the death of the lovers the reconciliation of Capulets and ... «Buenos Aires Herald, Oct 14»

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