nightingale

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see also: Nightingale

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/

Noun

nightingale (plural nightingales)

1. A European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, of the family Muscicapidae.
   • 1826, Mary Shelley, chapter 5 in the first part of The Last Man

     The oaks around were the home of a tribe of nightingales

   Nightingales have been spotted in this coppice.
   You sing like a nightingale, sport!

Synonyms

• philomel

Translations

• French: rossignol philomèle, rossignol
• German: Nachtigall
• Italian: usignolo
• Portuguese: rouxinol
• Russian: солове́й
• Spanish: ruiseñor

Noun

nightingale (plural nightingales)

1. A kind of flannel scarf with sleeves, formerly worn by invalids when sitting up in bed.

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Nightingale

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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