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Gregorian chant
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English
Etymology
Named after Pope Gregory I (540–604), and certainly dating back to that time in some form, but the exact origin is a matter of ongoing research.
Noun
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en music A style of unaccompanied monophonic singing in the Catholic Church.
Translations
unaccompanied monotonic singing style
Catalan: ca cant gregorià m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 格列高利聖詠 Géliègāolì shèngyǒng, cmn 額我略聖歌 éwǒlüèshènggē
Finnish: fi gregoriaaninen kirkkolaulu
French: fr chant grégorien m
German: de gregorianischer Gesang m, de gregorianischer Choral m
Greek: el γρηγοριανό μέλος n
Hungarian: hu gregorián ének
Icelandic: is gregorssöngur m
Indonesian: id kidung Gregorian
Irish: ga cantaireacht Ghréagórach f
Italian: it canto gregoriano m
Korean: ko 그레고리오 성가
Latin: la Cantus Gregorianus m, la Canthus Gregorianus
Polish: pl chorał gregoriański m-in
Portuguese: pt canto gregoriano
Romanian: ro cânt gregorian n
Russian: ru григориа́нское пе́ние n, ru григориа́нский хора́л n
Spanish: es canto gregoriano m
Swedish: sv gregoriansk sång c
Turkish: tr Gregoryen İlahi
Welsh: cy salm-dôn Gregoraidd f
en eponyms
en Singing Catholicism