nightingale

See also: Nightingale

English

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A nightingale

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#NIGHTINGALECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#NIGHTINGALE nyghtyngale, nightingale, niȝtingale, alteration (with intrusive n) of nyghtgale, nightegale, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#NIGHTINGALECategory:English terms derived from Old English#NIGHTINGALE nihtegala, nihtegale (nightingale; night-raven, literally night-singer), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#NIGHTINGALECategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#NIGHTINGALE *nahtigalā (nightingale), equivalent to a compound of night + galeCategory:English compound terms#NIGHTINGALE. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Noachtegoal (nightingale), Dutch nachtegaal (nightingale), German Low German Nachtigall (nightingale), German Nachtigall (nightingale), Danish nattergal (thrush nightingale), Swedish näktergal (nightingale), Icelandic næturgali (nightingale).

Noun

nightingale (plural nightingales)Category:English lemmas#NIGHTINGALECategory:English nouns#NIGHTINGALECategory:English countable nouns#NIGHTINGALECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#NIGHTINGALECategory:Pages with entries#NIGHTINGALECategory:Pages with 2 entries#NIGHTINGALE

  1. A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.
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Etymology 2

Named after Florence Nightingale.

Noun

nightingale (plural nightingales)Category:English lemmas#NIGHTINGALECategory:English nouns#NIGHTINGALECategory:English countable nouns#NIGHTINGALECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#NIGHTINGALECategory:Pages with entries#NIGHTINGALECategory:Pages with 2 entries#NIGHTINGALE

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

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Middle English

Noun

nightingaleCategory:Middle English alternative forms#NIGHTINGALECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#NIGHTINGALECategory:Pages with entries#NIGHTINGALECategory:Pages with 2 entries#NIGHTINGALE

  1. alternative form of nyghtyngale
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