birdsong

See also: Birdsong and bird song

English

Alternative forms

bird song

Etymology

From bird +‎ song.

Noun

birdsong (countable and uncountable, plural birdsongs)

(ornithology) A vocalisation made by a bird for the purposes of courtship.
Vocalisations made by birds, considered collectively.

Translations

musical sound made by a bird

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鳥鳴 (zh), 鸟鸣 (zh) (niaǒmíng)
Czech: ptačí zpěv m, píseň (cs) f, cvrlikání n
Danish: fuglesang (da) c, sang (da) c
Dutch: vogelzang m
Esperanto: birdkanto
Finnish: linnunlaulu (fi)
French: chant (fr) m, chant d’oiseau
German: Vogelsang m, Vogelgesang m
Greek: κελάηδισμα (el) n (keláidisma), κελάηδημα (el) n (keláidima), κελάδημα (el) n (keládima)
Hungarian: madárdal (hu), madárfütty (hu)
Japanese: さえずり (saezuri)

Maori: waraki (in the mornings), korihitanga, korihi, kōrihirihi, te waha o Tāne (metaphorical)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fuglesang m

Nynorsk: fuglesong m
Polish: trel m
Portuguese: canto (pt) m
Russian: пе́ние (ru) n (pénije) (птиц), трель (ru) f (trelʹ), пти́чий (ptíčij) щебет (ščebet) (ptíčij ščébet) m
Slovak: pieseň f
Spanish: reclamo (es) f
Swedish: fågelsång c, sång (sv) c, fåglalåt c
Telugu: కూత (te) (kūta)
Turkish: ötüş (tr)

Anagrams

songbird

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