song

CEFRA1

/sɒŋ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A piece of music with words or a melody.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any musical composition.

Examples

  • The song features an extended guitar solo.

  • This song is so moving that it brings tears to my eyes.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Poetical composition; poetry; verse.

  2. A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.

  3. The act or art of singing.

More examples

In context

  • We want you to sing the song.

  • He bought that car for a song.

  • I love hearing the song of canary birds.

Quick test

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She sang a beautiful blank about her love for the ocean at the talent show.

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Origin

noun

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.