song

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Meaning

  1. A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.
  2. Any musical composition.
  3. Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
  4. The act or art of singing.
  5. A melodious sound made by a bird, insect, whale or other animal.
  6. 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.
  7. A low price, especially one under the expected value; chiefly in for a song.
  8. An object of derision; a laughing stock.

Concepts

song

singing

melody

hymn

music

chant

ditty

tune

ballad

poem

birdsong

sing

lyric

strain

vocal

piece

chanson

lay

birdcall

call

anthem

lyrics

psalm

work song

canticle

canto

dance

carol

singsong

canzone

pilgrim’s song

rhythm

sound of a song

fit

story

musical composition

serenade

verse

descant

melodiousness

note

pipe

rhyme

tunefulness

harmony

classical song

most recent songs

devotional song

tone

tale

love song

murmur

play

festival

track

article

bit

body

fragment

item

paragraph

passage

scrap

section

solid

statute title

throw

title

twitter

chump change

bay

howl

plaint

shout

ululation

whine

yip

creak

creaking

rhonchus

musical instrument

poetry

sound

musical

sing a song

singing voice

cantata

corroboree

ceremony

bent

crooked

cry

melodious

terrace chant

aria

ritornello

ballade

prayer

short

rumor

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sɒŋ/
Etymology

From 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.

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