Gregorian chant

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

Gregorian chant (countable and uncountable, plural Gregorian chants)

1. (music) A style of unaccompanied monophonic singing in the Catholic Church.

Translations

unaccompanied monotonic singing style

• Catalan: cant gregorià (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 格列高利聖詠／格列高利圣咏 (Géliègāolì shèngyǒng), 額我略聖歌／额我略圣歌 (éwǒlüèshènggē)

• Finnish: gregoriaaninen kirkkolaulu
• French: chant grégorien (fr) m
• German: gregorianischer Gesang (de) m, gregorianischer Choral (de) m
• Greek: γρηγοριανό μέλος n (grigorianó mélos)
• Hungarian: gregorián ének
• Icelandic: gregorssöngur m
• Indonesian: kidung Gregorian
• Irish: cantaireacht Ghréagórach f
• Italian: canto gregoriano m
• Korean: 그레고리오 성가 (geuregorio seongga)
• Latin: Cantus Gregorianus m, Canthus Gregorianus
• Polish: śpiew gregoriański m, chorał gregoriański m
• Portuguese: canto gregoriano (pt)
• Romanian: cânt gregorian (ro) n
• Russian: григориа́нское пе́ние n (grigoriánskoje pénije), григориа́нский хора́л n (grigoriánskij xorál)
• Spanish: canto gregoriano m
• Turkish: Gregoryen İlahi
• Welsh: salm-dôn Gregoraidd f