song
Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /sɒŋ/
- (US) IPA: /sɔːŋ/, (cot–caught merger) /sɑːŋ/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -ɒŋ
[edit] Noun
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song (plural songs)
- 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.
- 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.
[edit] Translations
music with words
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sound of a bird — see birdsong
sound of another animal
inexpensive deal
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[edit] Derived terms
[edit] See also
[edit] Faroese
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [sɔŋg]
[edit] Noun
song f.
[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 送)
- deliver
- dumbwaiter is a kind of small lift for delivering meal.
[edit] 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.
[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.
