nightingale

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle English nyghtyngale, nightingale, niȝtingale, alteration (with intrusive n) of nyghtgale, nightegale, from Old English nihtegala, nihtegale (“nightingale; night-raven”, literally “night-singer”), from Proto-West Germanic *nahtigalā (“nightingale”), equivalent to a compound of night +‎ gale. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Noachtegoal (“nightingale”), Dutch nachtegaal (“nightingale”), German Low German Nachtigall (“nightingale”), German Nachtigall (“nightingale”), Danish nattergal (“thrush nightingale”), Swedish näktergal (“nightingale”), Icelandic næturgali (“nightingale”). ==== Noun ==== nightingale (plural nightingales) A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale. ===== Synonyms ===== philomel ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Named after Florence Nightingale. ==== Noun ==== nightingale (plural nightingales) A kind of flannel scarf with sleeves, formerly worn by invalids when sitting up in bed. === Anagrams === alightening == Middle English == === Noun === nightingale alternative form of nyghtyngale