nightingale (redirected from Nightingales)

night·in·gale  (ntn-gl, ntng-)

n.

1. A European songbird (Luscinia megarhynchos) with reddish-brown plumage, noted for the melodious song of the male at night during the breeding season.

2. Any of various other nocturnal songbirds of the genus Luscinia.

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[Middle English, from Old English nihtegale : niht, night; see night + galan, to sing; see ghel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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nightingale

Noun

a small bird with a musical song, usually heard at night [Old English nihtegale, literally: night singer]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nightingale - European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song Luscinia megarhynchos thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast genus Luscinia, Luscinia - nightingales bulbul - nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry
	2.	Nightingale - English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910) Florence Nightingale, Lady with the Lamp

Translations

nightingale [ˈnaɪtɪŋgeɪl] n → ruiseñor m

nightingale [ˈnaɪtɪŋgeɪl] n → rossignol m

nightingale [ˈnaɪtɪŋgeɪl] n → Nachtigall f

nightingale [ˈnaɪtɪŋgeɪl] n → usignolo

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nightingale

n nightingale [ˈnaitiŋgeil, (American ) -tən-]

a type of small bird with a beautiful song. nagtegaal بُلْبُل славей slavík nattergal die Nachtigall αηδόνι ruiseñor ööbik بلبل satakieli rossignol זָמִיר बुलबुल slavuj fülemüle burung bulbul næturgali usignolo ナイチンゲール 나이팅게일 lakštingala lakstīgala burung perindu malam nachtegaal nattergal słowik rouxinol privighetoare соловей slávik slavec slavuj näktergal นกไนติงเกล bülbül 夜鶯 соловей بلبل chim họa my 夜莺