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song
English
Etymology
From Middle English song, sang, from Old English song, sang (“noise, song, singing, chanting; poetry; a poem to be sung or recited, psalm, lay”), from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz (“singing, song”), from Proto-Indo-European *seng??- (“to sing”). Cognate with Scots sang, song (“singing, song”), Saterland Frisian Song (“song”), West Frisian sang (“song”), Dutch zang (“song”), Low German sang (“song”), German Sang (“singing, song”), Swedish sång (“song”), Norwegian Bokmål sang (“song”), Norwegian Nynorsk song (“song”), Icelandic söngur (“song”), Ancient Greek ???? (omph?, “voice, oracle”). More at sing.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /s??/
- (US) IPA(key): /s??/, /s??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
song (plural songs)
- A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.
- (by extension) Any musical composition.
- Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
- The bard that first adorned our native tongue / Tuned to his British lyre this ancient song.
- The act or art of singing.
- A melodious sound made by a bird, insect, whale or other animal.
- 1833, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Canterbury Pilgrims
- That most ethereal of all sounds, the song of crickets.
- 1833, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Canterbury Pilgrims
- (ornithology) The distinctive sound that a male bird utters to attract a mate or to protect his territory; contrasts with call; also, similar vocalisations made by female birds.
- A low price, especially one under the expected value; chiefly in for a song.
- 1810, Benjamin Silliman, A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland
- his [a common soldier's] pay is a song.
- Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].
- 1810, Benjamin Silliman, A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland
- An object of derision; a laughing stock.
- And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- canticle
- go for a song
Anagrams
- NGOs, NGSO, Ngos, gons, nogs, snog
Atong (India)
Etymology
Cognate with Garo song. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
song
- village
Derived terms
References
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Bikol Central
Noun
song
- rhinoceros beetle
Chuukese
Adjective
song
- angry
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English song. Doublet of zang.
Pronunciation
Noun
song m (plural songs)
- song
- Synonyms: lied, liedje
Derived terms
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse sæing (“bed”), later sæng.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??k/
Noun
song f (genitive singular songar or seingjar, plural seingir or sengur)
- bed
Declension
See also
- kamar
- sovikamar
- svøvnposi
- svøvnur
- koddi
Garo
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
song
- village, hamlet
- classifier for villages
Derived terms
- songjinma
- songsal
Mandarin
Romanization
song
- Nonstandard spelling of s?ng.
- Nonstandard spelling of s?ng.
- Nonstandard spelling of sòng.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- sange, sang, songe, zang, zong, zonge, soong, songge
Etymology
From Old English sang, song, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?n?/, /s??n?/, /san?/, /sa?n?/
Noun
song (plural songes)
- A song (lyrical music):
- Religious or spiritual chanting or hymns.
- A exposition or story, especially a sung one.
- A song supposed to have occult or magical power.
- The practice or an instance of singing songs.
- The sound produced by a bird (rarely other creatures)
- A tune; non-lyrical music.
- A quip, declaration, or remark.
- A poem; a written work in verse.
Declension
Derived terms
- songly
Descendants
- English: song
- Scots: song, sang
References
- “s??ng, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-24.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse s?ngr. Akin to English song.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s???/
Noun
song m (definite singular songen, indefinite plural songar, definite plural songane)
- song
Derived terms
Verb
song
- past tense of syngja, syngje, synga and synge
References
- “song” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English song.
Noun
song
- song
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [saw??m??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [?aw??m??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [?aw??m??] ~ [saw??m??]
- Homophone: xong
Etymology 1
Noun
(classifier cây) song • (????, ????, ????)
- big rattan
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from ? (“window”).
Noun
song
- (archaic, literary) window
- Short for ch?n song (“upright post in a paling or railing”).
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Sino-Vietnamese word from ? (“double; pair”).
Prefix
song
- bi-; double; parallel
Derived terms
Adverb
song
- (formal) however
- (formal) but
Derived terms
Zhuang
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *so???, from Middle Chinese ? (MC ????, “two”). Cognate with Thai ??? (s???ng), Northern Thai ???, Lao ??? (s?ng), Lü ??? (?oang), Tai Dam ???, Shan ???? (s?ang), Tai Nüa ???? (sóang), Ahom ???????????????? (song), Bouyei soongl.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /?o????/
- Tone numbers: song1
- Hyphenation: song
Numeral
song (Sawndip forms ? or ? or ?, old orthography so?)
- two
- 2008, Rint Sybesma, Zhuang: A Tai language with some Sinitic characteristics, in From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics (edited by Pieter Muysken), page 246:
- De fwngz ndeu yaeuj ndaej song doengj raemx bae!
- 3s hand one raise ACQ two bucket water PRT
- S/he can lift two buckets of water with one hand!
- 2008, Rint Sybesma, Zhuang: A Tai language with some Sinitic characteristics, in From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics (edited by Pieter Muysken), page 246:
Usage notes
Used with ndeu rather than it.
Synonyms
- ngeih
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ditty
English
Etymology
From Middle English dite, ditee, from Old French ditie or dité, from ditier, from Latin dict?re (participle dictatus).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?ti/
- Homophones: diddy (US)
- Rhymes: -?ti
Noun
ditty (plural ditties)
- A short verse or tune.
- 1636, George Sandys, Paraphrase upon the Psalms and Hymns dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments
- And to the warbling lute soft ditties sing.
- 1636, George Sandys, Paraphrase upon the Psalms and Hymns dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments
- A saying or utterance, especially one that is short and frequently repeated.
Translations
Verb
ditty (third-person singular simple present ditties, present participle dittying, simple past and past participle dittied)
- To sing; to warble a little tune.
- Beasts fain would sing; birds ditty to their notes.
See also
- ditty bag
- doggerel
- jingle
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