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Meaning of Nightingale | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl

Definitions

A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.
A kind of flannel scarf with sleeves, formerly worn by invalids when sitting up in bed.
A surname.

Equivalents

العربية العندليب بلبل عندليب

Azərbaycanca bülbül

Беларуская салавей

Български славей

Català rossinyol

Čeština slavičí slavík

Cymraeg eos eosiaid

Dansk sydlig nattergal

Deutsch Nachtigall

Ελληνικά αηδόνι μπιρμπίλι

Esperanto najtingalo

Español ruiseñor

Eesti ööbik

فارسی بلبل شباهنگ هزاردستان

Suomi etelänsatakieli

Français rossignol rossignol philomèle

Gàidhlig beul-binn spideag

Galego reiseñor

ગુજરાતી બુલબુલ

עברית זמיר

हिन्दी बुलबुल

Magyar csalogány fülemüle

Հայերեն սոխակ

Bahasa Indonesia bulbul

Íslenska næturgali

Italiano usignolo

日本語小夜鳴き鳥

ქართული ბულბული იადონი

Қазақша бұлбұл

한국어 鷪鸎 나이팅게일

Kurdî bilbil bilbil bulbul بلبل

Кыргызча булбул

Latina luscinia lusciniola luscinius

Lëtzebuergesch Nuechtegailchen

Latviešu lakstīgala

Македонски биљбиљ славеј

മലയാളം രാപ്പാടി

Монгол гургалдай

Malti rożinjol rużinjol

Nederlands nachtegaal

Polski słowiczy słowik słowik rdzawy

Português rouxinol

Română privighetoare

Русский соловей соловейко

Slovenčina slávik

Slovenščina slavec

Shqip bilbil

Svenska sydnäktergal

Türkçe bülbül

ئۇيغۇرچە بۇلبۇل

Українська солов'їний соловей соловейко

اردو بلبل

Tiếng Việt dạ oanh

Examples

“Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet neere day: / It was the Nightingale, and not the Larke, / That pier'ſt the fearefull hollow of thine eare”

“Some admired the external beauties of the objects they beheld, like the nightingale in love with the roſe.”

“The oaks around were the home of a tribe of nightingales.”

“And David's Lips are lock't; but in divine High piping Péhlevi, with "Wine! Wine! Wine! Red Wine!" — the Nightingale cries to the Rose That yellow Cheek of her's to'incarnadine.”

“The air, too, was heavy with perfume, and a nightingale, high in the heavens, gave out a cheery song of welcome.”

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