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hommage

/oʊˈmɑːʒ/

hommage noun: a homage, especially something in an artwork which has been done in respectful imitation of another artist.

Noun

hommage (countable and uncountable, plural hommages)

  1. A homage, especially something in an artwork which has been done in respectful imitation of another artist.
    • There's a clip from his Pickup on South Street in Scorsese's The King of Comedy, and extended hommages to other Fuller films in Godard's Breathless and Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.)1991 November 29, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “His Master's Vice”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2016
    • It is certainly true that Pound wanted to pay hommage to Guido.2002, Maria Luisa Ardizzone, Guido Cavalcanti, page 150

Forms of hommage

pluralhommages

Origin of hommage

From French hommage.

Questions about hommage

What does hommage mean?
Hommage means a homage, especially something in an artwork which has been done in respectful imitation of another artist.
What part of speech is hommage?
Hommage is a noun.
How do you pronounce hommage?
Hommage is pronounced /oʊˈmɑːʒ/.
What is the plural of hommage?
The plural of hommage is hommages.

Words near hommage in the dictionary

  1. homishness
  2. homity pie
  3. homity pies
  4. Homlin
  5. HOMM
  6. hommage
  7. hommages
  8. Homme
  9. homme de lettres
  10. homme fatal
  11. homme fatale

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