peán
Spanish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin paeān, from Ancient Greek παιᾱ́ν (paiā́n, “hymn to Apollo”), from Παιᾱ́ν (Paiā́n), a Homeric god of healing, later an epithet of Apollo, from παίω (paíō, “to strike”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpeán m (plural peanes)
Further reading
edit- “peán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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