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)

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

Translations

unaccompanied monotonic singing style

Chinese:
Mandarin: 格列高利聖詠, 格列高利圣咏 (Géliègāolì shèngyǒng)
Finnish: gregoriaaninen kirkkolaulu
French: chant grégorien (fr) m
Greek: γρηγοριανό μέλος n (grigorianó mélos)
Hungarian: gregorián ének

Icelandic: gregorssöngur m
Irish: cantaireacht Ghréagórach f
Portuguese: canto gregoriano (pt)
Russian: григориа́нское пе́ние n (grigoriánskoje pénije), григориа́нский хора́л n (grigoriánskij xorál)
Spanish: canto gregoriano m

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