Definitions for nightingale
ˈnaɪt nˌgeɪl, ˈnaɪ tɪŋ-nightin·gale

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchosnoun

   European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song

2. Nightingale, Florence Nightingale, Lady with the Lampnoun

   English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nightingalenoun

   A European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, of the family Turdidae.

2. Etymology: and nihtgale

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nightingalenoun

   Etymology: from night and galan, Saxon, to sing; galm, Teutonick, is a sound or echo.

   1. A small bird that sings in the night with remarkable melody; Philomel.

   I think,
   The nightingale, if she should sing by day,
   When every goose is crackling, would be thought
   No better a musician than the wren. William Shakespeare.

   Although the wezon, throtle, and tongue, be the instruments of voice, and by their agitations concur in those delightful modulations, yet cannot we assign the cause unto any particular formation; and I perceive the nightingale hath some disadvantage in the tongue. Thomas Browne, V. Err.

   Thus the wise nightingale that leaves her home,
   Pursuing constantly the chearful spring,
   To foreign groves does her old musick bring. Edmund Waller.

   2. A word of endearment.

   My nightingale!
   We’ll beat them to their beds. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nightingale

   Nightingale is a song written by Carole King and David Palmer. "Nightingale" first appeared on her top-selling album Wrap Around Joy, which was released in mid-July 1974, but was released as a single in December. The song has since been put on many of her compilation albums, including her certified platinum album Her Greatest Hits: Songs of Long Ago. The song, like the album Wrap Around Joy, got off to a slow start, but eventually charted high. "Nightingale" peaked at number nine on March 1, 1975, on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent the week before at number one on the Easy Listening chart.

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1. nightingale

   A nightingale is a small bird primarily known for its strong, melodious song that it often sings at night, and for the richness of its plumage which is typically in various shades of brown. It belongs to the Old World species under the Muscicapidae family, found in Europe, Asia and Africa. There are several species of nightingale, with the most famous being the common nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos).

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Nightingalenoun

   a small, plain, brown and gray European song bird (Luscinia luscinia). It sings at night, and is celebrated for the sweetness of its song

2. Nightingalenoun

   a larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also applied to other allied species

3. Etymology: [OE. nihtegale,nightingale, AS. nihtegale; niht night + galan to sing, akin to E. yell; cf. D. nachtegaal, OS. nahtigala, OHG. nahtigala, G. nachtigall, Sw. nktergal, Dan. nattergal. See Night, and Yell.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Nightingale

   nīt′in-gāl, n. a small sylviine bird, of the Passerine family, widely distributed in the Old World, celebrated for the rich love-song of the male heard chiefly at night. [A.S. nihtegale—niht, night, galan, to sing; Ger. nachtigall.]

2. Nightingale

   nīt′in-gāl, n. a kind of flannel scarf with sleeves, worn by invalids when sitting up in bed. [From the famous Crimean hospital nurse, Florence Nightingale, born 1820.]

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1. nightingale

   Song lyrics by nightingale -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by nightingale on the Lyrics.com website.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Nightingale

   Literally a bird that sings in the night.

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1. NIGHTINGALE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Nightingale is ranked #7255 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Nightingale surname appeared 4,596 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Nightingale.
   
   89% or 4,093 total occurrences were White.
   5.4% or 252 total occurrences were Black.
   2.7% or 126 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 85 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 24 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 16 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Nurse
   • Thrush

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How to pronounce nightingale?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say nightingale in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of nightingale in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of nightingale in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of nightingale in a Sentence

1. Dejan Stojanovic:

   There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.

2. Epictetus:

   Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale were I a swan, the part of a swan.

3. D. H. Lawrence:

   Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy. And before Buddha or Jesus spoke the nightingale sang, and long after the words of Jesus and Buddha are gone into oblivion the nightingale still will sing. Because it is neither preaching nor commanding nor urging. It is just singing. And in the beginning was not a Word, but a chirrup.

4. Alfred North Whitehead:

   Nature gets credit which should in truth be reserved for ourselves: the rose for its scent, the nightingale for its song; and the sun for its radiance. The poets are entirely mistaken. They should address their lyrics to themselves and should turn them into odes of self congratulation on the excellence of the human mind.

5. Fiona Hibberts:

   Florence Nightingale's legacy is really, really important. Obviously, she was a forceful leader. And we need clear, visible, strong leadership today and certainly in modern nursing.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=nightingale
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nightingale
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=nightingale
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightingale
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nightingale
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=nightingale
8. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=nightingale
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=nightingale