Ode Definition
ōd
odes
noun
A poem written to be sung.
Webster's New World
In modern use, a lyric poem, rhymed or unrhymed, typically addressed to some person or thing and usually characterized by lofty feeling, elaborate form, and dignified style.
Webster's New World
A choric song of classical Greece, often accompanied by a dance and performed at a public festival or as part of a drama.
American Heritage
A classical Greek poem modeled on the choric ode and usually having a three-part structure consisting of a strophe, an antistrophe, and an epode.
American Heritage
suffix
Way; path.
Electrode.
American Heritage
Electrode.
Dynode.
American Heritage
affix
Way, path.
Electrode.
Webster's New World
Something that resembles (a specified thing)
Phyllode, nematode.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Ode
Noun
Singular:
odePlural:
odesOrigin of Ode
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French choric song from Old French from Late Latin ōdē, ōda from Greek aoidē, ōidē song wed-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Greek -odos from hodos Sense 2, from (an)ode (cath)ode (electr)ode etc.
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Gr -ōdēs, ōdes < -ō-, ending of base or thematic vowel + -eidēs, like, -oid
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidē, “song”).
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