- a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- (originally) a poem intended to be sung.
- a suffix of nouns, appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “like”; used in the formation of compound words: phyllode.
- a combining form meaning “way,” “road,” used in the formation of compound words: anode; electrode.
- a lyric poem, typically addressed to a particular subject, with lines of varying lengths and complex rhythms
- (formerly) a poem meant to be sung
- denoting resemblance
- denoting a path or way
