§ Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English singen Old English singan Proto-Germanic *singwaną sjonge singen zingen singen synge sjunga Proto-Indo-European *sengʷh- Middle Welsh deongl “ to explain ” ), Ancient Greek ὀμφή omphḗ , “ voice, oracle ” ), Prakrit saṃghai 'to say, teach').
§ Pronunciation [ 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]
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.
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?)
§ Derived terms [ edit ]
Terms derived from the verb "sing"
§ Related terms [ edit ] § Translations [ edit ]
to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice
Afrikaans: sing
Albanian: këndoj
Amharic: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: غنى ġánnā ) imperfect: يغني yuġánnī )
Egyptian Arabic: غنى ġanā )
Aragonese: cantar (an)
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܙܡܪ zmer )
Armenian: երգել (hy) (ergel )
Aromanian: cãntu
Assamese: please add this translation if you can
Asturian: cantar
Atikamekw: nakamo
Aymara: please add this translation if you can
Azeri: oxumaq (az)
Basque: abestu (eu) , kantatu (eu)
Belarusian: спяваць impf spjavác’ ), заспяваць pf zaspjavác’ )
Bengali: গাওয়া gaoya )
Berber:
Tashelhit: ttirir
Breton: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: пея (bg) (péja )
Burmese: သီချင်း sihkyang: )ဆို hcui ) ( literally "say a song")
Catalan: cantar (ca)
Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
Chichewa: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 唱歌 (zh) (chànggē ), 唱 (zh) (chàng ), 鳴 (zh) , 鸣 (zh) (míng ) ( of birds )
Corsican: cantà (co)
Crimean Tatar: yırlamaq
Czech: zpívat (cs)
Dalmatian: cantur
Danish: synge (da)
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: zingen (nl)
Dzongkha: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: kanti
Estonian: laulma
Ewe: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: syngja
Finnish: laulaa (fi)
Franco-Provençal: chantar
French: chanter (fr)
Friulian: cjantâ
Galician: cantar (gl)
Georgian: მღერიან mḡerian ), მღერა mḡera )
German: singen (de)
Greek: τραγουδάω tragoudáo ), τραγουδώ (el) (tragoudó ), άδω (el) (ádo ), ψέλνω (el) (psélno ) (a hymn).
Ancient: ᾄδω āídō )
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hausa: please add this translation if you can
Hawaiian: mele
Hebrew: שר (he) (shar )
Hindi: गाना gānā )
Hungarian: énekel (hu)
Icelandic: syngja (is)
Ido: kantar (io)
Indonesian: bernyanyi / menyanyi ( of a person ) berkicau ( of a bird )
Interlingua: cantar
Interlingue: please add this translation if you can
Irish: can
Istro-Romanian: cântå
Italian: cantare (it)
Japanese: 歌う (ja) (うたう, utau ), 鳴く (ja) (なく, naku ) ( of birds )
Jèrriais: chanter
Kannada: ಗಾನಮಾಡು (kn) (gānamāḍu )
Kashubian: spiéwac
Kazakh: өлең айту öleñ aytw ), өлеңдету öleñdetw )
Khmer: ច្រៀង (km) (jrieng )
Kinyarwanda: please add this translation if you can
Kirundi: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 노래하다 (ko) (noraehada ), 부르다 (ko) (bureuda ), 노래부르다 noraebureuda )
Kurdish:
Sorani: گۆرانی وتن
Kyrgyz: ырдоо ırdoo )
Ladin: cianter cianté ciantà
Lao: ຮ້ອງເພງ hǭng phēng )
Latin: cano canto (la)
Latvian: dziedāt
Lithuanian: dainuoti giedóti
Lojban: sanga (jbo)
Low German: singen
Luxembourgish: sangen
Macedonian: пее pée )
Malay: menyanyi
Malayalam: പാടുക (ml) (pāṭuka )
Maltese: kanta
Manx: kiaull
Marathi: गाणे gāṇe )
Megleno-Romanian: cǫnt
Mirandese: cantar
Mongolian: дуу дуулах duu duulah ), магтан дуулах magtan duulah )
Nahuatl: cuīca (nah)
Navajo: hataał
Neapolitan: cantà
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Northern Sami: lávlut
Norwegian: synge (no)
Novial: kanta
Occitan: cantar (oc)
Old Church Slavonic: пѣти pěti )
Old English: singan
Old Provençal: chantar
Oriya: please add this translation if you can
Pashto: please add this translation if you can
Persian: سرودن (fa) (sorudan ), آواز خواندن (fa) (âvâz xândan ), خواندن (fa) (xândan )
Polish: śpiewać (pl) impf zaśpiewać pf
Portuguese: cantar (pt)
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
Purepecha: pireni
Quechua: takiy (qu)
Romanian: cânta (ro)
Romansch: chantar
Russian: петь (ru) impf pet’ ), спеть (ru) pf spet’ )
Scots: please add this translation if you can
Scottish Gaelic: seinn gabh òran , ( bird ) ceileir
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: певати пјевати
Roman: pevati pjevati (sh)
Sicilian: cantari (scn)
Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
Sinhalese: ගයනවා gayanavā )
Slovak: spievať
Slovene: peti (sl) , zapeti
Somali: please add this translation if you can
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: spiwaś
Upper Sorbian: spěwać
Sotho: bina (st)
Spanish: cantar (es)
Sundanese: kawih kawih
Swahili: imba
Swedish: sjunga (sv)
Tagalog: kanta (tl)
Tajik: хондан xondan ), сурудан кардан surudan kardan )
Tamil: பாடு (ta) (pāṭu )
Tatar: җырларга (tt) (cırlarga )
Telugu: పాడు (te) (pāḍu )
Thai: ขับร้อง (th) (kàp róng ), ร้องเพลง (th) (róng playng )
Tok Pisin: singsing
Turkish: şarkı söylemek (tr)
Turkmen: saýramak
Tuvan: ырлаар yrlaar )
Ukrainian: співати (uk) impf spiváty ), заспівати pf заspiváty )
Urdu: گانا (ur) (gānā )
Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
Uzbek: kuylamoq qoʻshiq aytmoq
Vietnamese: hát (vi)
Volapük: kanitön (vo) ( transitive )
Walloon: tchanter (wa)
Welsh: canu (cy)
West Frisian: sjonge
Wolof: please add this translation if you can
Xhosa: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: זינגען zingen )
Yoruba: please add this translation if you can
Zulu: please add this translation if you can
confess under interrogation
sing (plural sings
A gathering for the purpose of singing 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.
§ Afrikaans [ edit ] § Etymology [ edit ] From Dutch zingen
sing (present sing present participle singende past participle gesing
to sing
§ Hungarian [ edit ] § Etymology [ edit ]
This entry lacks etymological information. If you are familiar with the origin of this term, please add it to the page as described here .
sing
( archaic ) cubit (a unit of linear measure, no longer in use, originally equal to the length of the forearm)
