sing
English
/sɪŋ/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
- (transitive) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
- (transitive) To soothe with singing.
- (intransitive) To confess under interrogation.
- To make a small, shrill sound.
- To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
- (intransitive) To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
- (ergative) To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English singen inherited from Old English singan (sing) inherited from Proto-Germanic *singwaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- (sing).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sengʷʰ-
Gloss
sing
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- along English
- back English
- besing English
- countersing English
- filk English
- filksing English
- filksinger English
- folksinger English
- folksinging English
- foresing English
- forsing English
- nonsinger English
- nonsinging English
- outsing English
- oversing English
- singability English
- singable English
- singableness English
- singably English
- singalong English
- singback English
- singer English
- singer-songwriter English
- singeress English
- singerlike English
- singerly English
- singest English
- singeth English
- singing English
- singing saw English
- singingly English
- singsong English
- singster English
- song English
- supersinger English
- undersing English
- unsing English
- unsingable English
- unsinging English
- Singdrossel German
- Singer German
- Singspiel German
- Singstimme German
- Singvogel German
- lobsingen German
- mitsingen German
- nachsingen German
- singen German
- vorsingen German
- zersingen German
- *sengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sangwaz Proto-Germanic
- *singwaną Proto-Germanic
- シンガー Japanese
- syngja Norwegian Nynorsk
- besingan Old English
- singan Old English
- besingen Middle English
- forsingen Middle English
- singen Middle English
- synger Middle English
- syngster Middle English
- syngyng Middle English
- syngja Old Norse
- syngva Old Norse
- singan Old High German
- singen Middle High German
- sangen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- אונטערזינגען Yiddish
- זינגליד Yiddish
- זינגען Yiddish
- זינגער Yiddish
- זינגפֿויגל Yiddish
- singan Old Dutch
- singan Old Saxon
- sjåong Westrobothnian
- siunga Old Frisian
- singsing Tok Pisin
- singi Sranan Tongo
- singhen Crimean Gothic
- filk
- back
- song
- along
- unsing
- singer
- besing
- forsing
- singeth
- singing
- outsing
- singest
- singsong
- foresing
- singably
- filksing
- singable
- oversing
- singback
- singster
- singerly
- undersing
- singalong
- singeress
- nonsinger
- unsinging
- singingly
- folksinger
- unsingable
- nonsinging
- singerlike
- filksinger
- supersinger
- singability
- folksinging
- countersing
- singing saw
- singableness
- singer-songwriter