nightingale

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• /ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/
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Inherited from Middle English nyghtyngale, nightingale, niȝtingale, alteration (with intrusive n) of nyghtgale, nightegale, from Old English nihtegala, nihtegale (“nightingale; night-raven”, literally “night-singer”), from Proto-West Germanic *nahtigalā (“nightingale”), equivalent to a compound of night + gale. 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”).

Named after Florence Nightingale.

157 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: bilbil — bird
• Southern Altai: сандык (sandïk) — bird
• Arabic: عَنْدَلِيب (ʕandalīb) — bird
• Arabic: بلبل (bulbul) — bird
• Arabic: بلبل (bulbul) — bird
• Arabic: بلبل (bulbul) — bird
• Aramaic: ܥܢܕܐ — bird
• Aramaic: ܐܗܕܘܢ — bird
• Armenian: սոխակ (soxak) — bird
• Asturian: ruiseñor — bird
• Asturian: reiseñor — bird
• Asturian: rosiñor — bird
• Azerbaijani: bülbül — bird
• Baluchi: بلبل (bulbul) — bird
• Bashkir: һандуғас (handuğas) — bird
• Bashkir: былбыл (bılbıl) — bird
• Basque: urretxindor — bird
• Belarusian: салаве́й (salavjéj) — bird
• Breton: eostig — bird
• Bulgarian: сла́вей (slávej) — bird
• Burmese: ညတေးသီငှက် (nya.te:sihngak) — bird
• Catalan: rossinyol — bird
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵙⵓⴷⴷⵔ (asuddr) — bird
• Chechen: цӏир-цӏир (cʼir-cʼir) — bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 夜鶯 /夜莺 (yèyīng) — bird
• Chuvash: шӑпчӑк (šăpčăk) — bird
• Cornish: eos — bird
• Crimean Tatar: bülbül — bird
• Czech: slavík — bird
• Danish: sydlig nattergal — bird
• Dutch: nachtegaal — bird
• Esperanto: najtingalo — bird
• Estonian: ööbik — bird
• Estonian: lőunaööbik — bird
• Faroese: suðurnáttargali — bird
• Finnish: etelänsatakieli — bird
• French: rossignol philomèle — bird
• French: rossignol — bird
• Old French: russignol — bird
• West-Frisian: geal — bird
• Friulian: rusignűl — bird
• Friulian: usignűl — bird
• Galician: reiseñor — bird
• Galician: rousinol — bird
• Georgian: ბულბული (bulbuli) — bird
• Georgian: იადონი (iadoni) — bird
• German: Nachtigall — bird
• Greek: αηδόνι (aïdóni) — bird
• Greek: μπιρμπίλι (birmpíli) — bird
• Ancient Greek: ἀηδών (aēdṓn) — bird
• Mariupol Greek: айдъо́н (ajðón) — bird
• Gujarati: બુલબુલ (bulbul) — bird
• Hebrew: זָמִיר (zamír) — bird
• Hindi: बुलबुल (bulbul) — bird
• Hindi: अंदलीब (andlīb) — bird
• Hindi: हजारदास्ताँ (hajārdāstā̃) — bird
• Hungarian: csalogány — bird
• Hungarian: fülemüle — bird
• Icelandic: næturgali — bird
• Ido: naktigalo — bird
• Indonesian: bulbul — bird
• Ingrian: sisava — bird
• Irish: filiméala — bird
• Italian: usignolo — bird
• Japanese: 小夜鳴き鳥 (sayonakidori) — bird
• Kaitag: булбул (bulbul) — bird
• Kazakh: бұлбұл (būlbūl) — bird
• Komi-Zyrian: колипкай (koľipkaj) — bird
• Korean: 나이팅게일 (naitinggeil) — bird
• Kumyk: бюлбюл (bülbül) — bird
• Northern Kurdish: bilbil — bird
• Kyrgyz: булбул (bulbul) — bird
• Ladin: roscignol — bird
• Lao: ນົກໂລຊີໂຍນ (nok lō sī nyōn) — bird
• Latgalian: laksteigola — bird
• Latin: luscinius — bird
• Latin: luscinia — bird
• Latin: lusciniola — bird
• Latvian: lakstīgala — bird
• Lezgi: билбил (bilbil) — bird
• Ligurian: roscigneu — bird
• Lithuanian: lakštingala — bird
• Low German: Nachtigall — bird
• Luxembourgish: Nuechtegailchen — bird
• Macedonian: сла́веј (slávej) — bird
• Macedonian: биљбиљ (biljbilj) — bird
• Malay: bulbul — bird
• Malayalam: രാപ്പാടി (rāppāṭi) — bird
• Maltese: rożinjol — bird
• Maltese: rużinjol — bird
• Eastern Mari: шӱшпык (šüšpyk) — bird
• Western Mari: шӹжвӹк (šÿžvÿk) — bird
• Mingrelian: მაფშალია (mapšalia) — bird
• Moksha: цёфкс (ćofks) — bird
• Mongolian: гургалдай (gurgaldaj) — bird
• Norman: rossîngno — bird
• Norwegian Bokmål: sørnattergal — bird
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sørnattergal — bird
• Occitan: rossinhòl — bird
• Old English: nihtegala — bird
• Old English: nihtegale — bird
• Pannonian Rusyn: соловей (solovej) — bird
• Pannonian Rusyn: славик (slavik) — bird
• Persian: بلبل (bolbol) — bird
• Persian: هزاردستان (hazârdastân) — bird
• Persian: شباهنگ (šabâhang) — bird
• Polish: słowik rdzawy — bird
• Polish: słowik — bird
• Portuguese: rouxinol — bird
• Romani: chiriklo-ratiako — bird
• Romani: chirikli-ratiaki — bird
• Romanian: privighetoare — bird
• Romansh: luschaina — bird
• Russian: солове́й (solovéj) — bird
• Russian: солове́йко (solovéjko) — bird
• Northern Sami: lulličuohtegielaš — bird
• Sardinian: arrissiuolu — bird
• Sardinian: arrassanajolu — bird
• Sardinian: passirillanti — bird
• Scottish Gaelic: spideag — bird
• Scottish Gaelic: beul-binn — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: ма̑лӣ сла̀вӯј — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: сла̀вӯј — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: mȃlī slàvūj — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: slàvūj — bird
• Slovak: slávik — bird
• Slovene: slavec — bird
• Lower Sorbian: syłojk — bird
• Lower Sorbian: syłojik — bird
• Lower Sorbian: syłojašk — bird
• Upper Sorbian: sołobik — bird
• Spanish: ruiseñor — bird
• Svan: მჷლე̄თილ (məlētil) — bird
• Svan: ხა̈ლიდ (xälid) — bird
• Swedish: sydnäktergal — bird
• Tagalog: ruwisenyor — bird
• Tajik: булбул (bulbul) — bird
• Tajik: андалеб (andaleb) — bird
• Tatar: былбыл (bılbıl) — bird
• Tatar: сандугач (sanduğaç) — bird
• Thai: นกไนติงเกล (nók nai-dting-gayn) — bird
• Turkish: bülbül — bird
• Ottoman Turkish: بلبل (bülbül) — bird
• Ottoman Turkish: عندلیب (ʿandelib) — bird
• Turkmen: bilbil — bird
• Tuvan: айлаң куш (aylañ kuş) — bird
• Udmurt: уӵы (učy) — bird
• Ukrainian: солове́й (solovéj) — bird
• Ukrainian: солове́йко (solovéjko) — bird
• Urdu: بلبل (bulbul) — bird
• Uyghur: بۇلبۇل (bulbul) — bird
• Uzbek: bulbul — bird
• Vietnamese: dạ oanh — bird
• Volapük: galit — bird
• Welsh: eos — bird
• Yiddish: סאָלאָוויי (solovey) — bird
• Zazaki: bılbıl (diq) — bird