English Online Dictionary. What means carmen? What does carmen mean?
English
Noun
carmen
- plural of carman
Anagrams
- -mancer, Camren, McNear
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkar.men/, [ˈkärmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkar.men/, [ˈkärmen]
Etymology 1
According to Varro its earlier form was casmen, but it may be from Proto-Italic *kanmen, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂nmn̥, from *keh₂n- (“to sing”) (whence canō (“I sing, chant”)). Similar to germen for *genmen.
Alternative etymology connects casmen, *cansmen to Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to speak in a florid, solemn style, attest, witness”), relating it to Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hazjan, “to praise”), Old English herian (“to praise, extol, commend”). See Camēna, Casmēna. Compare Latin Casmenae.
Noun
carmen n (genitive carminis); third declension
- (usually poetic) song, tune
- a composition in verse, a poem; poetry, verse, song
- poem, poetry (strictly any poem or poetry that can be sung), verse (esp. lyric or epic verse)
- incantation, charm, spell
- play, playing (of music)
- Synonym: cantiō
- Carmina Burana ― Songs of Beuern
- prayer (refers to prayers being composed in verse)
- formula (refers to the formula of verse found in ancient prayers or magical spells)
- (prosaic) oracle (infrequent but used to refer to the poetic form in which prophecies were spoken)
- ritual (involving verse)
Usage notes
The difference between carmen and cantus when signifying "song" is that carmen is used more frequently in poetry, whereas cantus is used more frequently in prose.
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Derived terms
- Carmentis/Carmenta
- carminō
Descendants
- English: charm (through Old French)
- French: charme
- Basque: xarma
- Italian: carme
- Portuguese: carme
- Sicilian: carminu
- Spanish: carmen
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-mn̥, from *(s)kers- (“to scratch”) + *-mn̥. Cognate with Lithuanian kar̃šti (“to comb (wool or linen)”), Latvian kā̀rst (“to comb (wool or linen)”), Sanskrit कषति (káṣati, “to scrape, scratch”), Old High German skerran (“to scratch”). Equivalent to car(r)ō (“to card (wool)”) + -men.
Noun
carmen n (genitive carminis); third declension
- card for flax or wool
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Derived terms
- carminō
References
- “carmen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “carmen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- carmen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- carmen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- “carmen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- carmen in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Anagrams
- carnem
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic كَرْم (karm, “vineyard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaɾmen/ [ˈkaɾ.mẽn]
- Rhymes: -aɾmen
- Syllabification: car‧men
- Homophone: Carmen
Noun
carmen m (plural cármenes)
- a type of house in Granada
Further reading
- “carmen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014