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Synonyms for nightingale

Grammar : Noun
Spell : nahyt-n-geyl, nahy-ting-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnaɪt nˌgeɪl, ˈnaɪ tɪŋ-

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Définition of nightingale

Origin :
  • Old English næctigalæ, nihtegale, compound formed in Proto-Germanic (cf. Dutch nachtegaal, German Nachtigall) from *nakht- "night" (see night) + *galon "to sing," related to Old English giellan "yell" (see yell). With parasitic -n- that appeared mid-13c. Dutch nightingale "frog" is attested from 1769. In Japanese, "nightingale floor" is said to be the term for boards that creak when you walk on them.
  • French rossignol (Old French lousseignol) is, with Spanish ruiseñor, Portuguese rouxinol, Italian rosignuolo, from Vulgar Latin *rosciniola, dissimilated from Latin lusciniola "nightingale," diminutive of luscinia "nightingale."
  • As in singer : noun person who can carry a tune
Example sentences :
  • Though you go to bed with the nightingale, you rise with the lark.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • A nightingale was singing somewhere in the elm trees which bordered the garden.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • What does the nightingale care for a golden cage when he can get a twig?
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • I was indescribably grieved to read of the death of Nightingale.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • It is just the case of Kittermaster, Nightingale, or Scottie, isn't it?
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • It appeared that six miles away the nightingale was an unknown fowl.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • I don't mind the bonds, and that sort of thing, but there's this Nightingale Cottage.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • Fly about as a nightingale, my boy, henceforth and evermore!
  • Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
  • The nightingale is a sweet bird, but I like the lark better.
  • Extract from : « The Buddha » by Paul Carus
  • The nightingale is more artistic, but his song is melancholy, he is so sentimental!
  • Extract from : « The Buddha » by Paul Carus
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