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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English singen, from Old English singan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-.
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Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
sing (third-person singular simple present sings, present participle singing, simple past sang, past participle sung or (archaic) sungen)
- (intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
- "I really want to sing in the school choir," said Vera.
- (transitive) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
- 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.
- (transitive) To soothe with singing.
- to sing somebody to sleep
- (intransitive, slang) To confess under interrogation.
- To make a small, shrill sound.
- The air sings in passing through a crevice.
- a singing kettle
- Alexander Pope
- O'er his head the flying spear / Sang innocent, and spent its force in air.
- To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
- Prior
- Bid her […] sing / Of human hope by cross event destroyed.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
- Prior
- (intransitive) To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
- The sauce really makes this lamb sing.
- (ergative) To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung.
- 1875, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 118, page 685)
- No song sings well unless it is open-vowelled, and has the rhythmic stress on the vowels. Tennyson's songs, for instance, are not generally adapted to music.
- 1875, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 118, page 685)
Synonyms[edit]
- (confess under interrogation): See also Thesaurus:confess and Thesaurus:rat out
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from the verb "sing"
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice
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confess under interrogation
Noun[edit]
sing (plural sings)
- A gathering at which people sing songs.
- 2002, Martha Mizell Puckett, Hoyle B. Puckett, Memories of a Georgia Teacher: Fifty Years in the Classroom, page 198:
- Some of the young folks asked Mrs. Long could they have a sing at her home that Sunday afternoon; she readily agreed, telling them to come early, bring their songbooks, and have a good sing.
- 2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 287:
- 'Ah, yes, Miss Fisher, have you had a nice sing?'
- 2002, Martha Mizell Puckett, Hoyle B. Puckett, Memories of a Georgia Teacher: Fifty Years in the Classroom, page 198:
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
sing (present sing, present participle singende, past participle gesing)
- to sing
Derived terms[edit]
- gesonge (verbal adjective)
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German. First attested in 1368.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sing (plural singek)
- (archaic) cubit (a unit of linear measure, no longer in use, originally equal to the length of the forearm)
Declension[edit]
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | sing | singek |
| accusative | singet | singeket |
| dative | singnek | singeknek |
| instrumental | singgel | singekkel |
| causal-final | singért | singekért |
| translative | singgé | singekké |
| terminative | singig | singekig |
| essive-formal | singként | singekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | singben | singekben |
| superessive | singen | singeken |
| adessive | singnél | singeknél |
| illative | singbe | singekbe |
| sublative | singre | singekre |
| allative | singhez | singekhez |
| elative | singből | singekből |
| delative | singről | singekről |
| ablative | singtől | singektől |
| Possessive forms of sing | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | singem | singjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | singed | singjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | singje | singjei |
| 1st person plural | singünk | singjeink |
| 2nd person plural | singetek | singjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | singjük | singjeik |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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