Meaning of "homage" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HOMAGE

From Old French, from home man, from Latin homo.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HOMAGE

homage  [ˈhɒmɪdʒ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOMAGE

Homage is a verb and can also act as 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.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb homage in English.

WHAT DOES HOMAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Homage

Homage may mean: ▪ Homage, an allusion or imitation by one artist to another. ▪ Homage, the medieval oath of allegiance. ▪ Commendation ceremony, medieval homage ceremony ▪ Homage Comics, a comics imprint. ▪ Homage, by Haydn Davies, created 1975 and destroyed in 2005...

Definition of homage in the English dictionary

The first definition of homage in the dictionary is a public show of respect or honour towards someone or something. Other definition of homage is something done in acknowledgment of vassalage. Homage is also (archaic (or poetic) to render homage to.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HOMAGE

PRESENT

Present

I homage

you homage

he/she/it homages

we homage

you homage

they homage

Present continuous

I am homaging

you are homaging

he/she/it is homaging

we are homaging

you are homaging

they are homaging

Present perfect

I have homaged

you have homaged

he/she/it has homaged

we have homaged

you have homaged

they have homaged

Present perfect continuous

I have been homaging

you have been homaging

he/she/it has been homaging

we have been homaging

you have been homaging

they have been homaging

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I homaged

you homaged

he/she/it homaged

we homaged

you homaged

they homaged

Past continuous

I was homaging

you were homaging

he/she/it was homaging

we were homaging

you were homaging

they were homaging

Past perfect

I had homaged

you had homaged

he/she/it had homaged

we had homaged

you had homaged

they had homaged

Past perfect continuous

I had been homaging

you had been homaging

he/she/it had been homaging

we had been homaging

you had been homaging

they had been homaging

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will homage

you will homage

he/she/it will homage

we will homage

you will homage

they will homage

Future continuous

I will be homaging

you will be homaging

he/she/it will be homaging

we will be homaging

you will be homaging

they will be homaging

Future perfect

I will have homaged

you will have homaged

he/she/it will have homaged

we will have homaged

you will have homaged

they will have homaged

Future perfect continuous

I will have been homaging

you will have been homaging

he/she/it will have been homaging

we will have been homaging

you will have been homaging

they will have been homaging

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would homage

you would homage

he/she/it would homage

we would homage

you would homage

they would homage

Conditional continuous

I would be homaging

you would be homaging

he/she/it would be homaging

we would be homaging

you would be homaging

they would be homaging

Conditional perfect

I would have homage

you would have homage

he/she/it would have homage

we would have homage

you would have homage

they would have homage

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been homaging

you would have been homaging

he/she/it would have been homaging

we would have been homaging

you would have been homaging

they would have been homaging

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you homage
we let´s homage
you homage

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to homage

Past participle

homaged

Present Participle

homaging

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «HOMAGE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «homage» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of homage

admiration · adoration · adulation · allegiance · awe · deference · devotion · duty · esteem · faithfulness · fealty · fidelity · honour · loyalty · obeisance · respect · reverence · service · tribute · troth · worship

TRANSLATION OF HOMAGE

Find out the translation of homage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of homage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «homage» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 崇敬
• Translator English - Spanish: homenaje
• English: homage
• Translator English - Hindi: श्रद्धांजलि
• Translator English - Arabic: تحية
• Translator English - Russian: дань
• Translator English - Portuguese: homenagem
• Translator English - Bengali: সম্মান
• Translator English - French: hommage
• Translator English - Malay: Penghormatan
• Translator English - German: Huldigung
• Translator English - Japanese: 敬意
• Translator English - Korean: 경의
• Translator English - Javanese: Homage
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sự kính trọng
• Translator English - Tamil: அஞ்சலி
• Translator English - Marathi: आश्रय
• Translator English - Turkish: saygı
• Translator English - Italian: omaggio
• Translator English - Polish: hołd
• Translator English - Ukrainian: дань
• Translator English - Romanian: omagiu
• Translator English - Greek: αφιέρωμα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: eerbetoon
• Translator English - Swedish: hyllning
• Translator English - Norwegian: hyllest

10 QUOTES WITH «HOMAGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word homage.

1

Ralph Bakshi

Wizards was my homage to Tolkien in the American idiom. I had read Tolkien, understood Tolkien, and wanted to do a sort of fantasy for American kids, and that was Wizards.

2

Clive Barker

There's a lot of art and comics and movies being paid homage to by game designers.

3

Greg Berlanti

For me, the romantic comedies I love are the ones that pay homage to the genre, but also find their ways to twist it and tweak it.

4

Bernardo Bertolucci

What happened in the late Fifties, early Sixties in French cinema was a fantastic revolution. I was in Italy, but completely in love with the nouvelle vague movement, and directors like Godard, Truffaut, Demy. 'The Dreamers' was a total homage to cinema and that love for it.

5

Charles Curtis

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

6

Erik Erikson

Men have always shown a dim knowledge of their better potentialities by paying homage to those purest leaders who taught the simplest and most inclusive rules for an undivided mankind.

7

Edward Everett

I feel, as never before, how justly, from the dawn of history to the present time, men have paid the homage of their gratitude and admiration to the memory of those who nobly sacrifice their lives, that their fellow-men may live in safety and in honor.

8

Brendan Fraser

I think you have to show homage to creators.

9

Brendan Gill

Parody is homage gone sour.

10

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOMAGE»

Discover the use of homage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to homage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Homage to Pythagoras: Rediscovering Sacred Science

Homage to Pythagoras is a classic collection of foundational documents by leading people for the renewal of the sacred sciences in our time. It unfolds a new sacred philosophy of nature and the cosmos.

Christopher Bamford, 1994

Homage to Barcelona

It moves from the story of the city’s founding, and huge expansion in the nineteenth century, to the lives of Gaudí, Míro, Casals, and Dalí.

Colm Tóibín, 2002

H: Helvetica : Homage to a Typeface

Helvetica is a sans-serif typeface. It is simple and clean, and commonly seen in advertising, signage, and literature. The R has a curved leg, and the i and j have square dots.

Lars Müller, 2004

Homage: Encounters with the East

In the age of mechanical reproduction, many fail to appreciate intricate drawings made by hand, hands having become mere obsolete instruments these days, compared to the fast precision of the digital camera.

‎2007

Homage and Courtship: Romantic Stirrings of a Young Man

Here is a collection of sixty-two beautifully crafted poems on some of the deepest of human emotions.

Shadrach Ambanasom, 2010

Homage

Irish Poetry

Mícheál Fanning, 2006

Homage to Chiapas: The New Indigenous Struggles in Mexico

Homage to Chiapas vividly depicts the grassroots struggles for land and local autonomy now underway in an economically strategic nation of nearly 100 million people.

Bill Weinberg, 2002

Homage to Catalonia

'An unrivalled picture of the rumours, suspicions and treachery of civil war' Anthony Beevor Contains explanatory footnotes, as well as an appendix of removed chapters from the first edition.

George Orwell, 2003

Li Bai: an Homage To

Many illustrations/pictures within this charming First Edition, with Poet Laureate Jean Elizabeth Ward, paying an homage to Chinese Poet, Li Bai, with the original chinese, translations, and poetry inspired by Li Bai.

Jean Elizabeth Ward, 2008

Paying Homage: Arthur A. Schomburg

Arthur A. Schomburg (1874-1938), was a distinguished bibliophile and historian who influenced social dynamics of African and African American academic studies in the United States and throughout the world.

Timur Davis, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOMAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term homage is used in the context of the following news items.

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Grand homage to defining decade - Blackpool Gazette

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