song
English
edita song (sense 1) sung by a person
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Etymology
editFrom Middle English song, sang, from Old English sang, from Proto-West Germanic *sangu, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz (“singing, song”), from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- (“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 ὀμφή (omphḗ, “voice, oracle”). More at sing.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /sɒŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /sɔŋ/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /sɑŋ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒŋ
Noun
editsong (countable and uncountable, plural songs)
- (music) A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.
- Thomas listened to his favorite song on the radio yesterday.
- 1568, William Cornishe [i.e., William Cornysh], “In the Fleete Made by Me William Cornishe otherwise Called Nyshwhete Chapelman with the Most Famose and Noble Kyng Henry the VII. His Reygne the XIX. Yere the Moneth of July. A Treatise betwene Trouth, and Information.”, in John Skelton, edited by J[ohn] S[tow], Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate, Imprinted at London: In Fletestreate, neare vnto Saint Dunstones Churche by Thomas Marshe, →OCLC; republished as Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate to King Henry the VIIIth, London: Printed for C. Davis in Pater-noster Row, 1736, →OCLC, page 290:
- The Harpe. […] A harper with his wreſt maye tune the harpe wrong / Mys tunying of an Inſtrument ſhal hurt a true ſonge
- 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, “The Tutor's Daughter”, in Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page 266:
- In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
- (by extension) Any musical composition.
- Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- This subject for heroic song.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- The bard that first adorned our native tongue / Tuned to his British lyre this ancient song.
- The act or art of singing.
- 1884, Spencer Leigh Hughes, “The Weather. A Short Study on a Great Subject.”, in Golden Hours: A Monthly Magazine for Family and General Reading, volume XVII, London: Lile and Fawcett, […], page 28, column 1:
- How often the enthusiast has dwelt upon the birds bursting into song, the buds bursting into flower, all nature bursting into life!—as though a state of things in which everything around us is bursting is at all pleasant.
- 1942, Robert Peter Tristram Coffin, The Substance that is Poetry (Patten Foundation series)[1], Macmillan, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 71:
- Or take one that is less of an explanation and more of a song , The Spider . I knew all along what I wanted to say about a spider . I wanted to say all the good things I could . For spiders are the one order of creation that I thoroughly dislike. […]
- A melodious sound made by a bird, insect, whale or other animal.
- I love hearing the song of canary birds.
- 1833, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Canterbury Pilgrims:
- That most ethereal of all sounds, the song of crickets.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 85:
- The robin alone by his soft morning song broke the silence and the solitude which reigned in the forest.
- (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.
- He bought that car for a song.
- 1810, Benjamin Silliman, A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland:
- his [a common soldier's] pay is a song.
- 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:
- 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; […].
- An object of derision; a laughing stock.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 30:9:
- And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
Derived terms
edit- action song
- answer song
- art song
- bird song
- birdsong
- buay song
- bush song
- coon song
- copy song
- cover song
- cradle song
- diss song
- drinking song
- evensong
- fight song
- folk song
- for a song
- for a song and a dance
- for a song and dance
- foresong
- heartsong
- illustrated song
- insert song
- intersong
- love song
- microsong
- midsong
- multisong
- New Song
- novelty song
- old song
- on song
- painsong
- part song
- part-song
- patter song
- plainsong
- plain song
- plain-song
- playsong
- pop song
- presong
- pricksong
- protest song
- radio song
- runesong
- show song
- signature song
- singsong
- sing-song
- Siren song
- siren song
- sirensong
- siren's song
- Siren's song
- song and dance
- song and supper room
- songbird
- song book
- songbook
- songcraft
- song-craft
- songer
- songfest
- songfic
- songful
- songish
- songlark
- songless
- songlet
- songlike
- songline
- songmaker
- songmaking
- songman
- song man
- song of India
- Song of Solomon
- Song of Songs
- songsheet
- songsmith
- songsome
- song sparrow
- songster
- songtext
- song thrush
- songvid
- songwise
- songword
- songworthy
- songwriter
- songwriting
- songy
- subsong
- swan song
- swan-song
- table song
- theme song
- torch song
- undern-song
- undersong
- vintage song
- wedding song
- whalesong
- wondersong
- work song
- world song
Descendants
edit- → Polish: song
Translations
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See also
editAnagrams
editAtong (India)
editEtymology
editCognate with Garo song. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
editsong
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Bikol Central
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsong
See also
editChuukese
editAdjective
editsong
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English song. Doublet of zang.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editsong m (plural songs)
Derived terms
editFaroese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse sæing (“bed”), later sæng.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsong f (genitive singular songar or seingjar, plural seingir or sengur)
Declension
editDeclension of song | ||||
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f11 | 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 | seingjarrinar, songarinnar | seingja | seingjanna |
Derived terms
editSee also
editGaro
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editsong
Derived terms
editMandarin
editRomanization
editsong
- Nonstandard spelling of sōng.
- Nonstandard spelling of sóng.
- Nonstandard spelling of sǒng.
- Nonstandard spelling of sòng.
Usage notes
edit- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English sang, song, from Proto-West Germanic *sangw, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsong (plural songes)
- A song (lyrical music):
- 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
editDerived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “sō̆ng, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-24.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse sǫngr. Akin to English song.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsong m (definite singular songen, indefinite plural songar, definite plural songane)
- song
- Kven er det som syng denne songen?
- Who sings this song?
Derived terms
editVerb
editsong
References
edit- “song” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsong m
- Alternative form of sang
Declension
editPolish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English song.[1][2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsong m inan
- (music, theater) musical theater song, usually with social or political commentary (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Declension
editReferences
edit- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “song”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “song”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
Further reading
editTok Pisin
editEtymology
editNoun
editsong
Tyap
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsong
Verb
editsong
- to dance
Vietnamese
editPronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sawŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [sɔŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [sawŋ͡m˧˧]
- Homophone: xong
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Etymology 1
editFrom Proto-Vietic *k-rɔːŋ (“rush [plant]”). Cognate with Chut [Rục] kərɔːŋ¹ ("rush") and krɔːŋ ("rattan").
Noun
edit(classifier cây) song • (𧄐, 𫁷, )
Etymology 2
editSino-Vietnamese word from 窗 (“window”).
Noun
edit- (archaic, literary) window
- Short for chấn song (“upright post in a paling or railing”).
- sau song sắt
- behind (iron) bars
Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editSino-Vietnamese word from 雙 (“double; pair”).
Prefix
editsong
Derived terms
editAdverb
editsong
Derived terms
editZhuang
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Tai *soːŋᴬ, from Middle Chinese 雙 (MC sraewng, “two”). Cognate with Thai สอง (sɔ̌ɔng), Northern Thai ᩈᩬᨦ, Lao ສອງ (sǭng), Lü ᦉᦸᧂ (ṡoang), Tai Dam ꪎꪮꪉ, Shan သွင် (sǎung), Tai Nüa ᥔᥩᥒᥴ (sóang), Ahom 𑜏𑜨𑜂𑜫 (soṅ), Bouyei soongl.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /θoːŋ˨˦/
- Tone numbers: song1
- Hyphenation: song
Numeral
editsong (Sawndip forms 雙 or 双 or 松, 1957–1982 spelling soŋ)
- two
- song bak
- two hundred
- 2008, Rint Sybesma, “Zhuang: A Tai language with some Sinitic characteristics”, in Pieter Muysken, editor, From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics, 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!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
editUsed with ndeu rather than it.
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