Meaning

3 senses
  1. A bird having a melodious song or call.

    Singvogel

    пе́вчая пти́цаpévčaja ptíca

    співо́чий птахspivóčyj ptax

    any bird having a musical call

  2. Any bird in the passerine suborder Passeri, which are distinguished by a more sophisticated vocal apparatus.

  3. (broadly, idiomatic)A person, especially a woman, with a melodious voice.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Blackbirds are songbirds common throughout Europe.

    deAmseln sind in Europa weit verbreitete Singvögel.

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  2. The blackbird is a well-known songbird.

    deDie Amsel ist ein bekannter Singvogel.

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  3. They raise their songbirds on a caterpillar diet.

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  4. Is the cuckoo a songbird?

    deIst der Kuckuck ein Singvogel?

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  5. Are cuckoos songbirds?

    deIst der Kuckuck ein Singvogel?

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Translations

7 languages
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Forms

plural: songbirds
Singularsongbird
Pluralsongbirds

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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