English Explanatory Dictionary

song

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
name
  1. A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the beginning of the Yuan.
  2. A former empire in China, occupying the eastern half of modern China.
  3. The era of Chinese history during which the dynasty reigned.
  4. A surname from Chinese.
  5. A river in China; any of various minor rivers in China.
name
  1. A river in Papua New Guinea.
name
  1. A local government area of Adamawa State, Nigeria.
name
  1. A surname from Khmer.
name
  1. A district of Phrae Province, Thailand.

Pronunciation

/sɒŋ/ /sɔːŋ/ /sɔŋ/ /sɑŋ/ en-us-song.ogg /soəŋ/ so͝ong so͞oʹu̇ng

Word forms

song songs Sung Soong

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *séngʷʰ-e-ti Proto-Germanic *singwaną Proto-Germanic *sangwaz Proto-West Germanic *sangu Old English sang Middle English song English song 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.

Synonyms

Songjiang Song Jiang

Related words

canticle go for a song

Derived words

action song anisong answer song art song bird song birdsong buay song bush song campfire song car crash song coon song copy song cover song cradle song deep 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 minstrel song multisong New Song novelty song old song on song painsong part-song part song patter song plain song plainsong plain-song playsong pop song presong pricksong protest song radio song runesong show song signature song sing-song singsong sirensong Siren song Siren's song song and dance song and supper room

Translations

Danish: slik Dutch: prikkie Dutch: een appel en een ei Finnish: pilkkahinta Spanish: por poco dinero Spanish: de balde Swedish: spottstyver Telugu: చవక Chinese Mandarin: 宋 Chinese Mandarin: 宋朝 Tamil: சொங் Vietnamese: Tống
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