song
//sɒŋ//
Forms
- Plural
- songs
Definitions
1.A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.
- Thomas listened to his favorite song on the radio yesterday.
- In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.
2.Any musical composition.(colloquial)
- I would be happy to teach you that song.
3.Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
- The bard that first adorned our native tongue / Tuned to his British lyre this ancient song.
- This subject for heroic song.
4.The act or art of singing.
- I would be happy to teach you that song.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #749
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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