sing

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English singen, from Old English singan (“to sing”), from Proto-West Germanic *singwan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną (“to sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- (“to recite, sing”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian sjunge (“to sing”), West Frisian sjonge (“to sing”), Dutch zingen (“to sing”), German Low German singen (“to sing”), German singen (“to sing”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål synge (“to sing”), Swedish sjunga (“to sing”), Norwegian Nynorsk, Faroese, and Icelandic syngja (“to sing”), Ancient Greek ὀμφή (omphḗ, “voice, oracle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋ/, [ˈsɪŋ] (pre-/ŋ/-tensing) (Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsiŋ/, [ˈsiŋ] ~ [ˈsɪ̝ŋ] (without the NG-coalescence) (Northern England, Midlands) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋɡ/, [ˈsɪŋɡ] Rhymes: -ɪŋ Hyphenation: sing Homophones: Sing, Singh === Verb === sing (third-person singular simple present sings, present participle singing, simple past sang or sung, past participle sung or (archaic) sungen) (intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice. (intransitive) To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique. (transitive) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization. (transitive) To soothe with singing. (ambitransitive) Of birds, to vocalise: (ornithology) To produce a 'song', for the purposes of defending a breeding territory or to attract a mate. (literary) To produce any type of melodious vocalisation. To rejoice (intransitive, slang) To confess under interrogation. (intransitive) To make a small, shrill sound. (ambitransitive) To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry; to praise. (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. (Australia) In traditional Aboriginal culture, to direct a supernatural influence on (a person or thing), usually malign; to curse. [from 19th c.] (slang, archaic) To yell or shout. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to produce harmonious sounds with the voice): See also Thesaurus:sing (confess under interrogation): See also Thesaurus:confess and Thesaurus:rat out ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== song ==== Translations ==== === Noun === sing (plural sings) The act, or event, of singing songs. Any sound likened to human singing. ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === Anagrams === IGNs, Ings, NGIs, gins, ings, nigs, sign, snig == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch zingen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /səŋ/ === Verb === sing (present sing, present participle singende, past participle gesing) to sing ==== Derived terms ==== gesonge (verbal adjective) == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === sing singular imperative of singen == Hungarian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German. First attested in 1368. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʃiŋɡ] Rhymes: -iŋɡ === Noun === sing (plural singek) (archaic) cubit (a unit of linear measure, no longer in use, originally equal to the length of the forearm) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== singcsont === References === === Further reading === sing in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Iu Mien == === Etymology === From Chinese 聲 (MC syeng). === Noun === sing sound == Maltese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Sicilian singu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɪnk/ Rhymes: -ɪnk === Noun === sing m (plural singi or snug) line Synonyms: linja, ħatt dash, hyphen Synonym: linjetta == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sinɡ/, [siŋɡ] Rhymes: -inɡ === Verb === sing singular imperative of singan == Zou == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thiiŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kjaŋ. Cognates include Burmese ချင်း (hkyang:) and Chinese 薑 / 姜 (jiāng). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /siŋ˧˥/ ==== Noun ==== síng ginger === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thiŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *siŋ. Cognates include Burmese သစ် (sac) and Chinese 薪 (xīn). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /siŋ˧˥/ ==== Noun ==== síng tree === References === Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45