Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fen nightingale

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables: fen nightin-gale
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A frog or toad.

British usage; Archaic; Slang

Example Sentences

"Tom Spence is a dom fule and doesn't know a fen nightingale from a natterjack."

Etymology

From their continued croaking at night.

Usage

British usage
Archaic
Slang

Inflected Forms

fen nightingales (plural)

Questions

What does fen nightingale mean?: A frog or toad.
Where does fen nightingale come from?: From their continued croaking at night.

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