song
/sɔŋ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.26 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A low price, especially one under the expected value; chiefly in for a song.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Thomas listened to his favorite song on the radio yesterday."
- "The Harpe. […] A harper with his wreſt maye tune the harpe wrong / Mys tunying of an Inſtrument ſhal hurt a true ſonge"
- "In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road."
- "He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights,[…], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts."
- "This subject for heroic song."
- "The bard that first adorned our native tongue / Tuned to his British lyre this ancient song."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *séngʷʰ-e-ti Proto-Germanic *singwaną Proto-Germanic *sangwaz Proto-West Germanic *sangu Old English sang Middle English song English song 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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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /sɔŋ/
- British English: /sɒŋ/