anthem
/ˈæn.θəm/ [ˈæn̪.θəm]
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British/ˈan.θəm/ [ˈan̪.θəm]
anthem noun: antiphon.
Noun
anthem (plural anthems)
- Antiphon.
- A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric.
- The school's anthem sang of its many outstanding qualities, and it was hard to keep a straight face while singing.
- A hymn of praise or loyalty.
- The choir sang a selection of Christmas anthems at the service just before the big day.
- A very popular song or track.
- In May 2000, they even finally cracked the UK top ten when they teamed up with Paul Van Dyk on the trance anthem "The Riddle"...2003, Peter Buckley, The rough guide to rock
Verb
anthem (third-person singular simple present anthems, present participle antheming, simple past and past participle anthemed)
- To celebrate with anthems.
- [T]hou shalt hear / Distant harvest-carols clear; / Rustle of the reaped corn; / Sweet birds antheming the morn: [...]1819 (date written), John Keats, “Fancy”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, page 124
anthem meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
anthem in Hindi
- national anthem
- गान gān
- hymn of praise or loyalty
- भजन bhajan
anthem in Urdu
- national anthem
- تَرانَہ tarāna
anthem in Bengali
- national anthem
- তরানা torana
anthem in Malayalam
- സങ്കീർത്തനം, ഗീതം, ധ്യാനശ്ലോകം, സ്തോത്രഗീതം
More languagesFewer languages
- anthem in Kannada
- ಹೊಗಳುಹಾಡು, ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಗೀತೆ, ಭಕ್ತಿಗೀತೆ, ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಗೀತೆ
- anthem in Pashto
- ملهم malhám, ملي سرود meli sarúd, سرود sorúd
- anthem in Arabic
- نَشِيد našīd, نَشِيد وَطَنِيّ našīd waṭaniyy
- anthem in Malay
- lagu kebangsaan
- anthem in Thai
- เพลงชาติ pleeng-châat
- anthem in Vietnamese
- quốc ca
- anthem in Myanmar
- နိုင်ငံတော်သီချင်း nuingngamtausihkyang:, အမျိုးသားသီချင်း a.myui:sa:sihkyang:
Examples of anthem in a sentence
- Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker.
- The national anthem having been played, both teams took the field and prepared for play.
- He belted out the national anthem.
Forms of anthem
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | anthems |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | anthems |
| present participle | antheming |
| past participle | anthemed |
| past | anthemed |
Origin of anthem
From Middle English anteme, from Old English antefn, antefen and Old French antiene, anteine, anteivne, from Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna), from ἀντί (antí, “over against”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”). Doublet of antiphon.
Words formed from anthem
Questions about anthem
- What does anthem mean?
- Anthem means antiphon.
- What is anthem in Hindi?
- Anthem in Hindi is गान (gān), भजन (bhajan). See Anthem meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is anthem?
- Anthem can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce anthem?
- Anthem is pronounced /ˈæn.θəm/ [ˈæn̪.θəm] (UK).
- What is the plural of anthem?
- The plural of anthem is anthems.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: anthem (page history and authors); anthem (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anthem (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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