lark

CEFRC1

/lɑːk/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small singing bird that often lives in open fields.

  2. 02

    noun

    An activity done for fun, especially without serious purpose.

Examples

  • Every Tuesday morning an old lady called Mrs. Lark came to the school.

  • It was the lark, the herald of the morn, no nightingale.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.

  2. Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.

  3. Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.

More examples

In context

  • Mrs. Lark played the piano and the children sang.

  • to go larking

  • Charles Randolph Grean is married to pop lark and multi-hit artist Betty Johnson.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English larke, laverke, from Old English lāwerce, lǣwerce, lāuricæ, from Proto-West Germanic *laiwarikā, from Proto-Germanic *laiwarikǭ, *laiwazikǭ (compare dialectal West Frisian larts, Dutch leeuwerik, German Lerche), from *laiwaz (borrowed into Finnish leivo, Estonian lõo), of unknown ultimate origin with no definitive cognates outside of Germanic.