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nightingale

/ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/noun3 syllables

Nightingale means: English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910).

Synonyms for nightingale4

noun, as in English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)

Florence Nightingale, Lady with the Lamp

noun, as in European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song

Luscinia megarhynchos

also used for nightingale

philomel

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What does nightingale mean?2

noun

1

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

2

European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Nightingale in a sentence

  • Every evening, a nightingale would sing us songs.Dorenda
  • It was the lark, the herald of the morn, no nightingale.al_ex_an_der
  • In the evening quiet, we enjoy the song of the euphonious nightingale.derpapottamus
  • My nightingale, you are the one and only love of my life.AmarMecheri
  • A nightingale will not sing in a cage.Balamax
  • Ali sang like a nightingale to the police.moman
  • What does the song of a nightingale sound like?sundown
  • Florence Nightingale is famous as the woman who began professional nursing.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of nightingale

as a noun

plural
nightingales