What does homage mean?
Word: Homage
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Homage means public respect shown to someone, often through a speech, a gift or a work of art.
Synonyms: respect
How do you spell homage?
Syllables: hom - age
Tricky part: The stress falls at the start, so the ending fades to something like idge. On paper it is plain age.
Watch out for: homidge, homege
Memory tip: Say homage in the village: on paper the two words end alike, though neither ending sounds the way it looks.
Homage in a sentence
Example 1: The band ended the evening with a homage to the old film songs their grandparents loved.
Example 2: Thousands of fans came to Eden Gardens to pay homage to the retiring captain.
Example 3: Her painting of Kochi harbour is a homage to the art teacher who first showed her how to mix colours.
Fun Fact
In medieval Europe, homage was a formal ceremony: a man knelt before his lord and promised to be his loyal follower. The word is built on the old French word for man.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
One letter in this word is not needed. Find it:
hommage
a) o
b) a
c) g
d) m
Show answer
d) m. The French have a form like this, but English keeps just one of that letter.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence and choose the word they make:
The school choir sang the song in mehaog to the woman who had founded their music school.
a) postage
b) damage
c) homage
d) mirage
Show answer
c) homage. An h is among the letters, and no other option has one.
Word Connection
Choose the word closest in meaning to homage as used in the sentence:
The young violinist's concert was a homage to the great musicians of her home town.
a) surprise
b) challenge
c) tribute
d) rehearsal
Show answer
c) tribute. The concert was given to honour those musicians, not to practise or to test herself.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the meaning of the only correctly spelt word:
1. apreciation 2. recognision 3. homage 4. admirration
a) an act that honours a person openly
b) a warm feeling of respect and liking
c) official notice of what someone has done
d) the feeling of being thankful
Show answer
a) an act that honours a person openly. Admiration has one r, recognition takes tion, and appreciation has a double p.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which one is an example of homage?
a) a list of prices at a village shop
b) a note asking for a day off school
c) a poem written to honour a great singer
d) a letter about a late morning bus
Show answer
c) a poem written to honour a great singer
2. If a town pays homage to its first woman doctor, what is it most probably doing?
a) naming its main square after her
b) moving her old clinic to the next town
c) asking her family to pay a small fee
d) taking her photograph out of the hall
Show answer
a) naming its main square after her
