Meaning

8 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.

    Thomas listened to his favorite song on the radio yesterday.

    Lied, Gesang, Song

    пе́сняpésnja, песньpesnʹ, пе́сенкаpésenka

    пі́сняpísnja, пі́сенькаpísenʹka, співа́нкаspivánka

    a short musical composition with words

  2. (broadly, colloquial, countable, uncountable)Any musical composition.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Poetical composition; poetry; verse.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The act or art of singing.

    Singen, Gesang

    пе́ниеpénije

    співspiv, співа́нняspivánnja

    the act of singing

  5. (countable, uncountable)A melodious sound made by a bird, insect, whale or other animal.

    I love hearing the song of canary birds.

    the characteristic sound produced by a bird

  6. (countable, uncountable)The distinctive sound that a male bird utters to attract a mate or to protect his territory; contrasts with call; also, similar vocalisations made by female birds.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A low price, especially one under the expected value; chiefly in for a song.

    He bought that car for a song.

  8. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)An object of derision; a laughing stock.

Examples

2764 sentences

  1. I want to sing a song.

    Я хочу заспівати пісню.

    ruХочу петь песню.

    deIch möchte ein Lied singen.

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  2. This song is easy to learn.

    Цю пiсню легко вивчити.

    ruЭту песню легко выучить.

    deDieses Lied ist leicht zu lernen.

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  3. This song is known to everyone.

    Ця пісня відома кожному.

    ruВсе знают эту песню.

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  4. This song is familiar to me.

    Ця пісня мені знайома.

    ruЭта песня мне знакома.

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  5. All of her songs became hits.

    Всі її пісні стали хітами.

    ruВсе ее песни стали хитами.

    deAlle ihre Lieder wurden zu Hits.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
music with words:
the act or art of singing:
Русский
By meaning 2
music with words:
the act or art of singing:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
music with words:
the act or art of singing:

Origin

From Middle English song, sang, from Old English sang, from Proto-West Germanic *sangu, fr

From Middle English song, sang, from Old English sang, from Proto-West Germanic *sangu, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz (“singing, song”), from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- (“to sing”). Cognate with Scots sang, song (“singing, song”), Saterland Frisian Song (“song”), West Frisian sang (“song”), Dutch zang (“song”), Low German sang (“song”), German Sang (“singing, song”), Swedish sång (“song”), Norwegian Bokmål sang (“song”), Norwegian Nynorsk song (“song”), Icelandic söngur (“song”), Ancient Greek ὀμφή (omphḗ, “voice, oracle”). More at sing.

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Forms

plural: songs
Singularsong
Pluralsongs

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

97 related words
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Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • sing that song
  • sing a song
  • sing the song
  • favorite song
  • the song that
  • couple of songs
  • wrote a song
  • of the songs
  • new song
  • my favorite song
  • write songs
  • play that song

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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