hymne
French, noun/imn/
hymne is spelled H-Y-M-N-E (5 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written French, the 8,517th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hymne is a French feminine noun meaning “hymn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chant”.
What does hymne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinehymn
- 2
femininemasculineanthem (especially a national anthem)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chant. 2. Poème chanté. 3. Cantique. 4. Chant solennel composé pour célébrer la patrie, ses défenseurs, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hymne
- hymnes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hymne?
- /imn/
- \imn\
- [imn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hymne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hymne in French?
hymne appears 7.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).