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English

Etymology

Old English sang

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A musical piece with lyrics (or "words to sing"); prose that one can sing.
  2. : He wrote a beautiful song about her.
  3. A musical sound by a bird.
  4. A musical sound by insect, whale or some other animal which sounds melodious to humans.
  5. : I love hearing the song of canary birds.
  6. Something that cost only a little.
  7. : He bought that car for a song.
  8. Faeces.
  9. : The gorilla liked to fling song at the patrons at the zoo.


Translations

See birdsong

  • Danish: {{t+|da|sang|c}}
  • Dutch:
  • Finnish:

Derived terms


See also


Category:1000 English basic words

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Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA: [sɔŋg]

Noun

song

  1. bed


Declension

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Category:Faroese nouns

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Mandarin

Pinyin syllable

song

  1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, sōng, sǒng, or sòng.


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.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

ang:song ar:song el:song fr:song ko:song io:song id:song it:song kk:song ku:song lo:song lt:song hu:song nl:song ja:song oc:song pl:song pt:song ru:song simple:song sr:song fi:song sv:song ta:song te:song vi:song tr:song uk:song zh:song

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Song \Song\ (s[o^]ng; 115), n. [AS. song, sang, fr. singan to
sing; akin to D. zang, G. sang, Icel. s["o]ngr, Goth. saggws.
See Sing.]
1. That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of
the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect,
etc. "That most ethereal of all sounds, the song of
crickets." --Hawthorne.
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2. A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad.
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3. More generally, any poetical strain; a poem.
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The bard that first adorned our native tongue
Tuned to his British lyre this ancient song.
--Dryden.
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4. Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
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This subject for heroic song. --Milton.
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5. An object of derision; a laughingstock.
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And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
--Job xxx. 9.
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6. A trifle; an insignificant sum of money; as, he bought it
for a song. "The soldier's pay is a song." --Silliman.
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Old song, a trifle; nothing of value. "I do not intend to
be thus put off with an old song." --Dr. H. More.

Song bird (Zool.), any singing bird; one of the Oscines.


Song sparrow (Zool.), a very common North American sparrow
(Melospiza fasciata, or Melospiza melodia) noted for
the sweetness of its song in early spring. Its breast is
covered with dusky brown streaks which form a blotch in
the center.

Song thrush (Zool.), a common European thrush ({Turdus
musicus}), noted for its melodius song; -- called also
mavis, throstle, and thrasher.
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Syn: Sonnet; ballad; canticle; carol; canzonet; ditty; hymn;
descant; lay; strain; poesy; verse.
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WordNet song
n 1: a short musical composition with words; "a successful
musical must have at least three good songs"
2: a distinctive or characteristic sound; "the song of bullets
was in the air"; "the song of the wind"; "the wheels sang
their song as the train rocketed ahead"
3: the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up
to the gates" [syn: strain]
4: the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will
not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"
[syn: birdcall, call, birdsong]
5: a very small sum; "he bought it for a song"
6: the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for
art and literature and philosophy [syn: Sung, {Sung
dynasty}, Song dynasty]
Moby Dictionary
Brautlied , Christmas carol , English sonnet , Horatian ode ,
Italian sonnet , Kunstlied , Liebeslied , Petrarchan sonnet ,
Pindaric ode , Sapphic ode , Shakespearean sonnet , Volkslied , ado ,
air , alba , anacreontic , anthem , aria , art song , aubade , balada ,
ballad , ballade , ballata , barcarole , bel canto , blues , blues song ,
boat song , bother , bravura , bridal hymn , brindisi , bucolic ,
calypso , canso , canticle , canto , cantus , canzone , canzonet ,
canzonetta , carol , cavatina , chanson , chant , chantey , cheaply ,
choral singing , clerihew , coloratura , commotion , croon , croon song ,
crooning , cry , descant , dirge , dithyramb , ditty , drinking song ,
eclogue , elegy , epic , epigram , epithalamium , epode , epopee ,
epopoeia , epos , evasion , flap , folk singing , folk song , for a song ,
fuss , georgic , ghazel , haiku , hum , humming , hymeneal , hymn , idyll ,
inexpensively , intonation , jingle , lay , lied , lilt , limerick , line ,
love song , love-lilt , lyric , lyricism , madrigal , matin , measure ,
melodia , melodic line , melody , minstrel song , minstrelsy , monody ,
musical thought , narrative poem , national anthem , note , number ,
nursery rhyme , ode , operatic singing , palinode , pastoral ,
pastoral elegy , pastorela , pastourelle , performance , piece , poem ,
poesy , poetry , prevarication , prothalamium , refrain , rhyme ,
rondeau , rondel , roundel , roundelay , satire , scat , scat singing ,
serena , serenade , serenata , sestina , singing , sloka , sol-fa ,
sol-fa exercise , solfeggio , solmization , solo , solo part , sonnet ,
sonnet sequence , soprano part , strain , tale , tanka , tenso , tenzone ,
the supreme fiction , theme song , threnody , to-do , tonic sol-fa ,
torch song , treble , triolet , troubadour poem , tune , verse ,
verselet , versicle , villanelle , virelay , vocal music , vocalization ,
war song , warbling , wedding song , yodel , yodeling


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