song
noun
- composition for voice(s)
- work of poetry, often composed of verses
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /sɒŋ/ / /sɔŋ/ / /sɑŋ/
name
Etymology: Derived from Thai สอง (sɔ̌ɔng).
- A district of Phrae Province, Thailand.
noun
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.
- A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.
“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”
- Any musical composition.
- Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
“This subject for heroic song.”
“The bard that first adorned our native tongue / Tuned to his British lyre this ancient song.”
- The act or art of singing.
“How often the enthusiast has dwelt upon the birds bursting into song, the buds bursting into flower, all nature bursting into life!—as though a state of things in which everything around us is bursting is at all pleasant.”
“Or take one that is less of an explanation and more of a song , The Spider . I knew all along what I wanted to say about a spider . I wanted to say all the good things I could . For spiders are the one order of creation that I thoroughly dislike.[…]”
- A melodious sound made by a bird, insect, whale or other animal.
“I love hearing the song of canary birds.”
“That most ethereal of all sounds, the song of crickets.”
- 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.
- A low price, especially one under the expected value; chiefly in for a song.
“He bought that car for a song.”
“his [a common soldier's] pay is a song.”
- An object of derision; a laughing stock.
“And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.”