Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [sawng, song]
- /sɔŋ, sɒŋ/
- /sɒŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [sawng, song]
- /sɔŋ, sɒŋ/
Definitions of song word
- noun song Ailing [ahy-ling] /ˈaɪˈlɪŋ/ (Show IPA), Soong, Ai-ling. 1
- noun song Qingling [ching-ling] /ˈtʃɪŋˈlɪŋ/ (Show IPA), Soong, Ching-ling. 1
- noun song Meiling [mey-ling] /ˈmeɪˈlɪŋ/ (Show IPA), Soong, Mei-ling. 1
- noun song Ziwen [zœ-wuhn] /ˈzœˈwʌn/ (Show IPA), Soong, Tse-ven. 1
- abbreviation SONG Sung. 1
- idioms song for a song, at a very low price; as a bargain: We bought the rug for a song when the estate was auctioned off. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of song
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English song, sang, Old English; cognate with German Sang, Old Norse sǫngr, Gothic saggws
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Song
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
song popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
song usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for song
noun song
- alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
- amphibology — ambiguity of expression, esp when due to a grammatical construction, as in save rags and waste paper
- aria — An aria is a song for one of the leading singers in an opera or choral work.
- assonance — the use of the same vowel sound with different consonants or the same consonant with different vowels in successive words or stressed syllables, as in a line of verse. Examples are time and light or mystery and mastery
- balladry — ballad poetry or songs
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