song

song · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung.

  2. 2.

    The musical sounds produced by birds.

  3. 3.

    A poem, especially one in rhymed stanzas.

  4. 4.

    Singing or vocal music.

Forms

plural: songs

Related words

See also: melody, music, sing
Synonyms: ballad, melody, track, tune

Etymology

From Old English sang ("song, singing, poetry"), from Proto-Germanic sangwaz ("song"), from Proto-Indo-European songʷʰ-o- ("song"), from sengʷʰ- ("to sing"). Cognate with Dutch zang, German Gesang, and Old Norse sǫngr.