peán

Concepts

paean

pean

Translations

peana

peã

Hyphenated as

pe‧án

Pronounced as (IPA)

/peˈan/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: paeān

In summary

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”).