song
要点歌、歌曲、歌うような声、音
意味
- 歌,歌曲,唱歌
- (歌うための)詩,詩歌
- 歌うこと
- (鳥・小川などの)歌うような声(音)
例文
Quietness! The cicada song soaks into the rocks.
閑さや岩に染み入る蝉の声
I get weirdly sleepy when I listen to this song.
この曲を聞いてると、不思議と眠くなる。
Do you like listening to music or singing songs?
音楽は聴くのが好きですか?歌うのが好きですか?
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English song, sang, from Old English sang, from Proto-West Germanic *sangu, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz (“singing, song”), from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- (“to sing”). Cognate with Scots sang, song (“singing, song”), Saterland Frisian Song (“song”), West Frisian sang (“song”), Dutch zang (“song”), Low German sang (“song”), German Sang (“singing, song”), Swedish sång (“song”), Norwegian Bokmål sang (“song”), Norwegian Nynorsk song (“song”), Icelandic söngur (“song”), Ancient Greek ὀμφή (omphḗ, “voice, oracle”). More at sing.