hommage
/oʊˈmɑːʒ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A homage, especially something in an artwork which has been done in respectful imitation of another artist.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "There's a clip from his Pickup on South Street in Scorsese's The King of Comedy, and extended hommages to other Fuller films in Godard's Breathless and Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.)"
- "It is certainly true that Pound wanted to pay hommage to Guido."
- "The piece is like an hommage to Ives: atmospheric and thickly textured music with multiple elements happening at once."
Etymology
From French hommage.