English Explanatory Dictionary

songbird

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bird having a melodious song or call.
  2. Any bird in the passerine suborder Passeri, which are distinguished by a more sophisticated vocal apparatus.
  3. A person, especially a woman, with a melodious voice.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɒŋˌbɜːd/ /ˈsɔŋˌbɝd/ /ˈsɑŋˌbɝd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-songbird.wav

Word forms

songbird songbirds

Etymology

From song + bird.

Synonyms

songbird oscine

Related words

Songbird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived words

Asian songbird crisis nonsongbird songbirdlike songling

Translations

Albanian: zog këngëtar Belarusian: пяву́чая пту́шка Bulgarian: пойна птица Catalan: ocell cantador Chinese Mandarin: 鳴禽 /鸣禽 Chinese Mandarin: 鳴鳥 /鸣鸟 Danish: sangfugl Dutch: zangvogel Esperanto: kantobirdo Faroese: sangfuglur Finnish: laululintu French: oiseau chanteur Georgian: მგალობელი ჩიტი Georgian: მგალობელი ფრინველი German: Singvogel Greek: ωδικό πτηνό Hungarian: énekesmadár Japanese: 鳴き鳥 Korean: 명금 Latvian: dziedātājputns Lithuanian: giesmininkas Māori: manu tīoriori Classical Nahuatl: cuīcanitōtōtl Norwegian Bokmål: sangfugl Norwegian Bokmål: sanger Norwegian Nynorsk: songfugl Polish: ptak śpiewający Portuguese: pássaro Portuguese: passarinho Portuguese: ave de canto Russian: пе́вчая пти́ца Slovene: ptič pevec Slovene: ptica pevka Spanish: pájaro cantor Swedish: sångfågel Ukrainian: співо́чий птах Volapük: kanitaböd Welsh: adar canu
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