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Definition nightingale

Etymology 1

From Middle English nyghtyngale, nightingale, ni?tingale, alteration (with intrusive n) of nyghtgale, nightegale, from Old English nihtegala, nihtegale (“nightingale; night-raven”, literally “night-singer”), from Proto-Germanic *nahtigal? (“nightingale”), equivalent to night +‎ gale. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Noachtegoal (“nightingale”), Dutch nachtegaal (“nightingale”), German Low German Nachtigall (“nightingale”), German Nachtigall (“nightingale”), Danish nattergal (“nightingale”), Swedish näktergal (“nightingale”), Icelandic næturgali (“nightingale”).

Noun

nightingale (plural nightingales)

1. A European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, of the family Muscicapidae.

Etymology 2

Named after Florence Nightingale.

Noun

nightingale (plural nightingales)

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

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