song

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See also sōng, sǒng, sòng, and sông

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English sang.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

Singular
song

Plural
songs

song (plural songs)

  1. A musical piece with lyrics (or "words to sing"); prose that one can sing.
    He wrote a beautiful song about her.
    • 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, “The Tutor's Daughter”, in Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion[1], page 266:
      In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.
  2. A musical sound by a bird.
  3. A musical sound by insect, whale or some other animal which sounds melodious to humans.
    I love hearing the song of canary birds.
  4. Something that cost only a little.
    He bought that car for a song.

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [sɔŋg]

[edit] Noun

song f.

  1. bed

[edit] 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

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Verb

song (Pinyin sòng, traditional and simplified )

  1. deliver
    dumbwaiter is a kind of small lift for delivering meal.

[edit] Pinyin syllable

song

  1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, sōng, sǒng, or sòng.

[edit] 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 the appropriate indication of tone.