see|s�ng|s�ng|sòng
English

Etymology
Old English sang

Pronunciation
(UK) IPA|/s��/
(US) IPA|/s���/
audio|en-us-song.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��|-��

Noun
en-noun

1. A musical piece with lyrics (or "words to sing"); prose that one can sing.

#:He wrote a beautiful song about her.

1. A musical sound by a bird.
2. A musical sound by insect, whale or some other animal which sounds melodious to humans.

#:I love hearing the song of canary birds.

1. Something that cost only a little.

#:He bought that car for a song.

1. Faeces.

#:The gorilla liked to fling song at the patrons at the zoo.

Translations

trans-top|music with words
Arabic: ARchar|اغ��ة|أغ��ة (u�níyya) f
Catalan: cançó f
Chinese: � (g�)
Czech: píse� f, písni�ka f
Danish: sang c, vise c
Dutch: lied n, liedje n, nummer
Esperanto: kanto
Faroese: sangur m, songur m
Finnish: laulu
French: chanson f
German: Lied n
Greek: ��αγο�δι (traɣúði) n, ά�μα (ázma) n, �δή (oðí) f
Hebrew: he-translation|ש�ר|shír m
Hindi: �ाना (g�n�) m
Hungarian: ének, dal
Icelandic: söngur m
Ido: kansono
Interlingua: canto
Italian: canzone f
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Japanese: � (��, uta), �� (����, kakyoku)
Jèrriais: chanson#Jèrriais|chanson f
Korean: �� (norae); Sino-Korean: �� (gayo), �곡 (gagok)
Kurdish: stiran f, KUchar|گ�را��
Malayalam: പാ���� (paattu), �ാന� (gaanam)
Marathi: �ाण (g�nna)
Nahuatl: cuicatl
Norwegian: sang
Old English: dream#Old English|dr�am
Polish: piosenka f
Portuguese: canção f
Romanian: cântec n
Russian: пе�н� (pésnja) f, пе�н� (pesn�) f
Scottish Gaelic: òran m, luinneag f
Serbian: pesma, pesmica
Slovak: piese�#Slovak|piese� f, pesni�ka#Slovak|pesni�ka f
Slovene: pesem f
Spanish: canción f
Swedish: sång, visa#Swedish|visa
Telugu: పా� (paaTa)
Turkish: �arkı
Urdu: URchar|گا�ا (g�n�) m
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trans-top|sound of a bird
See birdsong
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trans-top|sound of another animal
Danish: sang c
Dutch: lied
Finnish: laulu
Greek: ��αγο�δι [tra�ɣuði] n, ά�μα [�azma] n, �δή [o��ði] f
Hebrew: he-translation|ש�ר�|shirá f
Hungarian: ének, dal
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trans-top|inexpensive deal
Danish: slik c
Dutch: prikkie
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Swedish: spottstyver
Telugu: �వ� (chavaka)
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Chinese: �� (g�q�)
ttbc|German: Lied n (3), Gesang m (2)
ttbc|Indonesian: lagu, nyanyi|nyanyian, tembang
ttbc|Thai: THchar|��ล� (pleng)
ttbc|Volapük: kanit, lid#Volapük|lid

Derived terms
singsong
Song of Solomon
Song of Songs
songsheet
songwriter

See also
canticle
go for a song

Category:1000 English basic words

Faroese

Pronunciation
IPA|[s��g]

Noun
song f

1. bed

Declension
fo-decl-noun-f11|s|o|ng|ei|e

Category:Faroese nouns

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
song

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, s�ng, s�ng, or sòng.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

ang:song
ar:song
el:song
fr:song
ko:song
io:song
id:song
it:song
kk:song
hu:song
nl:song
ja:song
pl:song
pt:song
ru:song
simple:song
sr:song
fi:song
ta:song
te:song
vi:song
tr:song
uk:song
zh:song

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