different between sing vs sying
sing
English
Etymology
From Middle English singen, from Old English singan, from Proto-West Germanic *singwan, from Proto-Germanic *singwan?, from Proto-Indo-European *seng??-. Cognate with German singen (“to sing”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?ng, IPA(key): /s??/
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
sing (third-person singular simple present sings, present participle singing, simple past sang, past participle sung or (archaic) sungen)
- (intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
- (transitive) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
- (transitive) To soothe with singing.
- (transitive, intransitive) Of birds, to vocalise:
- (ornithology) To produce a 'song', for the purposes of defending a breeding territory or to attract a mate.
- (literary) To produce any type of melodious vocalisation.
- (intransitive, slang) To confess under interrogation.
- (intransitive) To make a small, shrill sound.
- To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
- 1709, Matthew Prior, Pleasure
- Bid her […] sing / Of human hope by cross event destroyed.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
- 1709, Matthew Prior, Pleasure
- (intransitive) To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
- (ergative) To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung.
- 1875, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 118, page 685)
- No song sings well unless it is open-vowelled, and has the rhythmic stress on the vowels. Tennyson's songs, for instance, are not generally adapted to music.
- 1875, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 118, page 685)
Synonyms
- (confess under interrogation): See also Thesaurus:confess and Thesaurus:rat out
Derived terms
Related terms
- song
Translations
Noun
sing (plural sings)
- The act, or event, of singing songs.
- 2002, Martha Mizell Puckett, Hoyle B. Puckett, Memories of a Georgia Teacher: Fifty Years in the Classroom, page 198:
- Some of the young folks asked Mrs. Long could they have a sing at her home that Sunday afternoon; she readily agreed, telling them to come early, bring their songbooks, and have a good sing.
- 2002, Martha Mizell Puckett, Hoyle B. Puckett, Memories of a Georgia Teacher: Fifty Years in the Classroom, page 198:
Derived terms
- singsong
See also
- singe
Anagrams
- IGNs, Ings, NGIs, gins, ings, nigs, sign, snig
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch zingen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??/
Verb
sing (present sing, present participle singende, past participle gesing)
- to sing
Derived terms
- gesonge (verbal adjective)
German
Pronunciation
Verb
sing
- singular imperative of singen
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German. First attested in 1368.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??i??]
- Rhymes: -i??
Noun
sing (plural singek)
- (archaic) cubit (a unit of linear measure, no longer in use, originally equal to the length of the forearm)
Declension
Derived terms
- singcsont
References
Further reading
- sing in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Chinese ? (MC ?i??).
Noun
sing
- sound
Zou
Etymology 1
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thii?, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kja?. Cognates include Burmese ????? (hkyang:) and Chinese ? (ji?ng).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si???/
Noun
síng
- ginger
Etymology 2
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thi?, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *si?. Cognates include Burmese ??? (sac) and Chinese ? (x?n).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si???/
Noun
síng
- tree
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45
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sying
English
Verb
sying
- present participle of sie
Anagrams
- Yings
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From sy +? -ing
Noun
sying f or m (definite singular syinga or syingen, indefinite plural syinger, definite plural syingene)
- sewing
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From sy +? -ing
Noun
sying f (definite singular syinga, indefinite plural syingar, definite plural syingane)
- sewing
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