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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
song (plural songs)
- A musical piece with lyrics (or "words to sing"); prose that one can sing.
- Thomas listened to his favorite song on the radio yesterday.
- 1852 Mrs M.A. Thompson, “The Tutor's Daughter”, in Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion[1], page 266:
- In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.
- A musical sound by a bird.
- A musical sound by insect, whale or some other animal which sounds melodious to humans.
- I love hearing the song of canary birds.
- Something that cost only a little.
- He bought that car for a song.
Derived terms
- birdsong
- on song
- singsong
- Song of Solomon
- Song of Songs
- songsheet
- song thrush
- songwriter
See also
Anagrams
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA: [sɔŋɡ]
Noun
song f.
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | song | songin | seingir/ sengur | seingirnar/ sengurnar |
| Accusative | song | songina | seingir/ sengur | seingirnar/ sengurnar |
| Dative | song | songini | seingjum | seingjunum |
| Genitive | seingjar/ songar | seingjarinnar/ songarinnar | seingja | seingjanna |
Mandarin
Verb
song (Pinyin sòng, traditional and simplified 送)
- deliver
- dumbwaiter is a kind of small lift for delivering meal.
Pinyin syllable
song
Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse sǫngr.
Noun
song m. (definite singular songen; indefinite plural songar; definite plural songane)
- song
- Kven er det som syng denne songen?
- Who sings this song?
- Kven er det som syng denne songen?
References
- “song” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
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