Song

See also: song

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /sɔŋ/, /sɑŋ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin (Sòng).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Song

  1. (historical) A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the beginning of the Yuan.
    • 2017 October 3, “Bowl sells for Chinese porcelain record $37.7 million: Sotheby?s”, in France 24, archived from the original on 03 October 2017, Live news:
      A 1,000-year-old bowl from China's Song Dynasty sold at auction for $37.7 million on Tuesday, breaking the record for Chinese porcelain, auction house Sotheby?s said.
      The small piece -- which dates from 960-1127 -- broke the previous record of $36.05 million set in 2014 for a Ming Dynasty wine cup which was sold to a Shanghai tycoon.
  2. (historical) A former empire in China, occupying the eastern half of modern China.
  3. (historical) The era of Chinese history during which the dynasty reigned.
  4. A surname from Chinese.
  5. A river in China; any of various minor rivers in China.
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • Northern Song
  • Southern Song
Translations

Proper noun

Song

  1. A river in Papua New Guinea

Proper noun

Song

  1. A local government area of Adamawa State, Nigeria.

Etymology 4

Derived from Khmer សុង (song).

Proper noun

Song (plural Songs)

  1. A surname from Khmer.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English song. Doublet of inherited Sang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔŋ/
  • IPA(key): /zɔŋ/ (some speakers; chiefly dated)
  • (file)

Noun

Song m (strong, genitive Songs, plural Songs)

  1. (colloquial) a song of modern popular music

Declension

Hyponyms

  • Instrumentalsong

See also

Further reading

  • Song” in Duden online
  • Song” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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