"hosanna" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /hoʊˈzænə/, /hoʊˈzɑnə/
Rhymes: -ænə Etymology: From Latin osanna, hosanna, from Ancient Greek ὡσαννά (hōsanná), from Aramaic אושענא/ܐܘܫܥܢܐ ('ōsha‘nā), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשַׁע נָא (hōsha‘ nā, “please save”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|osanna}} Latin osanna, {{der|en|grc|ὡσαννά}} Ancient Greek ὡσαννά (hōsanná), {{bor|en|arc|אושענא}} Aramaic אושענא, {{der|en|hbo|הוֹשַׁע נָא|t=please save|tr=hōsha‘ nā}} Biblical Hebrew הוֹשַׁע נָא (hōsha‘ nā, “please save”) Head templates: {{en-interj}} hosanna
  1. A cry of praise or adoration to God in liturgical use among the Jews, and said to have been shouted in recognition of the Messiahship of Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem; hence since used in the Christian Church. Translations (liturgical word): 𐕒𐕚𐔰𐕎𐔰 (osana) (Aghwan), ὡσαννά (hōsanná) (Ancient Greek), օվսաննա (ōvsanna) (Armenian), осанна (osanna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ossanna (Catalan), hosanna (Catalan), 和散那 (hésànnà) (Chinese Mandarin), hosana (Czech), hoosianna (Finnish), hosanna (French), hosanna [feminine] (Galician), hosanna (German), hosianna (German), ωσαννά (osanná) (Greek), hozsanna (Hungarian), hósanna (Icelandic), osanna (Italian), ホサナ (hosana) (Japanese), 호산나 (hosanna) (Korean), осана (osana) (Macedonian), ᡨᡠᠮᡝᠨ ᡨᡠᠮᡝᠨ ᠰᡝ (tumen tumen se) (Manchu), ōhana (Maori), hōhana (Maori), ովսաննայ (ovsannay) (Old Armenian), hosanna (Polish), hosana (Portuguese), оса́нна (osánna) (Russian), hosanna (Spanish), hosianna (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hosana, hosannah, hoshanna, hoshiana

Noun

IPA: /hoʊˈzænə/, /hoʊˈzɑnə/ Forms: hosannas [plural]
Rhymes: -ænə Etymology: From Latin osanna, hosanna, from Ancient Greek ὡσαννά (hōsanná), from Aramaic אושענא/ܐܘܫܥܢܐ ('ōsha‘nā), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשַׁע נָא (hōsha‘ nā, “please save”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|osanna}} Latin osanna, {{der|en|grc|ὡσαννά}} Ancient Greek ὡσαννά (hōsanná), {{bor|en|arc|אושענא}} Aramaic אושענא, {{der|en|hbo|הוֹשַׁע נָא|t=please save|tr=hōsha‘ nā}} Biblical Hebrew הוֹשַׁע נָא (hōsha‘ nā, “please save”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hosanna (plural hosannas)
  1. A cry of ‘hosanna’.
    Sense id: en-hosanna-en-noun-4GpxepB6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hosana, hosannah, hoshanna, hoshiana

Verb

IPA: /hoʊˈzænə/, /hoʊˈzɑnə/ Forms: hosannas [present, singular, third-person], hosannaing [participle, present], hosannaed [participle, past], hosannaed [past]
Rhymes: -ænə Etymology: From Latin osanna, hosanna, from Ancient Greek ὡσαννά (hōsanná), from Aramaic אושענא/ܐܘܫܥܢܐ ('ōsha‘nā), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשַׁע נָא (hōsha‘ nā, “please save”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|osanna}} Latin osanna, {{der|en|grc|ὡσαννά}} Ancient Greek ὡσαννά (hōsanná), {{bor|en|arc|אושענא}} Aramaic אושענא, {{der|en|hbo|הוֹשַׁע נָא|t=please save|tr=hōsha‘ nā}} Biblical Hebrew הוֹשַׁע נָא (hōsha‘ nā, “please save”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} hosanna (third-person singular simple present hosannas, present participle hosannaing, simple past and past participle hosannaed)
  1. (intransitive) To give a cry of ‘hosanna’. Tags: intransitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hosana, hosannah, hoshanna, hoshiana

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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