song
Meaning
- A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.
- Any musical composition.
- Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
- The act or art of singing.
- A melodious sound made by a bird, insect, whale or other animal.
- 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.
- 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
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
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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