"alleluia" meaning in English

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Interjection

Etymology: From Latin allēlūia, from Ancient Greek ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa), from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|allēlūia}} Latin allēlūia, {{der|en|grc|ἀλληλούϊα}} Ancient Greek ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa), {{der|en|he|הַלְּלוּיָהּ||Praise Jah!}} Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”) Head templates: {{en-interj}} alleluia
  1. A liturgical or variant form of hallelujah.
    Sense id: en-alleluia-en-intj-MXNu-pA~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 29 28 2 11

Noun

Forms: alleluias [plural]
Etymology: From Latin allēlūia, from Ancient Greek ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa), from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|allēlūia}} Latin allēlūia, {{der|en|grc|ἀλληλούϊα}} Ancient Greek ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa), {{der|en|he|הַלְּלוּיָהּ||Praise Jah!}} Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} alleluia (plural alleluias)
  1. A liturgical form of hallelujah. Translations (liturgical form of hallelujah): ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa) (Ancient Greek), 哈利路亞 (Chinese Mandarin), 哈利路亚 (hālìlùyà) (Chinese Mandarin), alléluia (French), Halleluja (German), αλληλούια (alliloúia) (Greek), alleluia (Interlingua), aililiú [masculine] (Irish), alleluia [masculine] (Italian), 알렐루야 (allelluya) (Korean), allelūia (Latin), hariruia (Maori), hareruia (Maori), alleluja (Polish), aleluia (Portuguese), аллилу́йя (allilújja) (Russian), aleluya [feminine] (Spanish), halleluja (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-alleluia-en-noun-EBJiH0ei Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 29 28 2 11 Disambiguation of 'liturgical form of hallelujah': 95 4 1
  2. (music) A choral composition incorporating alleluia in its text. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-alleluia-en-noun-7~y7--OX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 29 28 2 11 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. The plant wood sorrel.
    Sense id: en-alleluia-en-noun-XH9CddYH

Verb

Forms: alleluias [present, singular, third-person], alleluiaing [participle, present], alleluiaed [participle, past], alleluiaed [past]
Etymology: From Latin allēlūia, from Ancient Greek ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa), from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|allēlūia}} Latin allēlūia, {{der|en|grc|ἀλληλούϊα}} Ancient Greek ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa), {{der|en|he|הַלְּלוּיָהּ||Praise Jah!}} Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} alleluia (third-person singular simple present alleluias, present participle alleluiaing, simple past and past participle alleluiaed)
  1. Alternative spelling of hallelujah Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hallelujah
    Sense id: en-alleluia-en-verb-nywfd9HD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 29 28 2 11

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "liturgical form of hallelujah",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aleluya"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "liturgical form of hallelujah",
      "word": "halleluja"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "alleluia"
  ],
  "word": "alleluia"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English interjections",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Hebrew",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English verbs"
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  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "allēlūia"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἀλληλούϊα"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "הַלְּלוּיָהּ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "Praise Jah!"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin allēlūia, from Ancient Greek ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa), from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "alleluias",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alleluiaing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alleluiaed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "alleluiaed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "hallelujah"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of hallelujah"
      ],
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        [
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          "hallelujah#English"
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    "alleluia"
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}

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