songbird

English

Etymology

song +‎ bird

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒŋˌbɜːd/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔŋˌbɝd/
(cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑŋˌbɝd/

Noun

songbird (plural songbirds)

A bird having a melodious song or call.
- 1976, Electric Light Orchestra, Rockaria!:
  Sweet little lady sings like a songbird / And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard
Any bird in the passerine suborder Passeri, which are distinguished by a more sophisticated vocal apparatus
Synonym: oscine

Hyponyms

songster (male), songstress (female)

Translations

bird

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: пяву́чая пту́шка f (pjavúčaja ptúška)
Bulgarian: пойна птица f (pojna ptica)
Catalan: ocell cantador m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鳴禽／鸣禽 (zh) (míngqín), 鳴鳥／鸣鸟 (zh) (míngniaǒ)
Classical Nahuatl: cuīcanitōtōtl
Danish: sangfugl (da) c
Dutch: zangvogel (nl) m
Esperanto: kantobirdo
Faroese: sangfuglur m
Finnish: laululintu
French: oiseau chanteur (fr) m
Georgian: მგალობელი ჩიტი (mgalobeli čiṭi)
German: Singvogel (de) m
Greek: ωδικό πτηνό n (odikó ptinó)
Hungarian: énekesmadár (hu)
Ido: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: 鳴き鳥 (なきどり, nakidori)
Korean: 명금 (myeonggeum)
Latvian: dziedātājputns m
Maori: manu tīoriori
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sangfugl m, sanger (no) m

Nynorsk: songfugl m
Polish: ptak śpiewający m
Portuguese: pássaro (pt) m, passarinho (pt) m (diminutive ), ave de canto f
Russian: пе́вчая пти́ца (ru) f (pévčaja ptíca)
Slovene: ptič pevec m, ptica pevka f
Spanish: pájaro cantor m
Swedish: sångfågel (sv) c
Ukrainian: співо́чий птах m (spivóčyj ptax)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Volapük: kanitaböd
Welsh: aderyn canu m, adar canu m pl

Anagrams

Birdsong, bird song, birdsong

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