noun
nightingale
NEYE-tihng-gayl
noun
1
A small brownish songbird, native to Europe and parts of Africa and Asia, famous for its rich, often nighttime song.
"Poets have long celebrated the nightingale's song."
How to Use Nightingale
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small bird famous for singing beautifully at night.
Common pairings
the song of the nightingale
a nightingale sang
Word Forms
nightingales plural, nightingales plural, Nightingales plural, Nightingales plural
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Etymology
From Old English nihtegale, literally "night-singer," from night plus an old word related to "gale" meaning "song" or "call."