Hear it pronouncedsong
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[ English
[ Etymology
Old English sang
[ Pronunciation
[ Noun
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Singular |
Plural |
song (plural songs)
- A musical piece with lyrics (or "words to sing"); prose that one can sing.
- He wrote a beautiful song about her.
- A musical sound by a bird.
- A musical sound by insect, whale or some other animal which sounds melodious to humans.
- I love hearing the song of canary birds.
- Something that cost only a little.
- He bought that car for a song.
- Faeces.(Can we verify(+) this sense?)
- The gorilla liked to fling song at the patrons at the zoo.
[ Translations
music with words
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sound of a bird
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See birdsong |
sound of another animal
inexpensive deal
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[ Derived terms
[ See also
[ Faroese
[ Pronunciation
IPA: [sɔŋg]
[ Noun
song f.
[ Declension
| 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 |
seingjarinnar/ songarinnar |
seingja | seingjanna |
[ Mandarin
[ Pinyin syllable
song
- A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, sōng, sǒng, or sòng.
[ Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without thee appropriate indication of tone.