peán

Learned 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”).

• IPA^(key): /peˈan/ [peˈãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: pe‧án

peán m (plural peanes)

1. paean

• “peán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024