Ann sang a lullaby for her little sister.
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Lullaby
//ˈlʌləbaɪ//
Synonyms for "lullaby" (24 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (12)
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7 entriesTranslations
132 translations across 86 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- slaapliedjie noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- wiegeliedjie noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Albanian
1 entries- nina-nanë noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- βαυκάλημα noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Arabic
1 entries- تَهْوِيدَة noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Armenian
2 entries- օրոր noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- օրորոցային noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Assamese
1 entries- নিচুকনি গীত noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- layla noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- laylay noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Bashkir
2 entries- бишек йыры noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- сәңгелдәк йыры noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Basque
2 entries- lo-kanta noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- sehaska-kanta noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Belarusian
1 entries- калыха́нка noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Bikol Central
2 entries- layláy noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- lúlay noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Breton
1 entries- luskellerez noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Bulgarian
1 entries- приспи́вна пе́сен noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Burmese
1 entries- ကျူးသောသီးချင်း noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Buryat
1 entries- үлгын дуун noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Catalan
2 entries- cançó de bressol noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- vou-verivou noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Chinese
2 entries- 育囝歌 noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- 育囡仔歌 noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 催眠曲 noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- 搖籃曲 /摇篮曲 noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 催眠曲 noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- 搖籃曲 /摇篮曲 noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Czech
1 entries- ukolébavka noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Danish
1 entries- godnatsang noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Dutch
3 entries- slaapliedje noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- wiegelied noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- wiegeliedje noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Esperanto
1 entries- lulkanto noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Estonian
2 entries- hällilaul noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- unelaul noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Finnish
2 entries- kehtolaulu noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- tuutulaulu noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
French
1 entries- berceuse noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Galician
2 entries- arrolo noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- nana noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Georgian
1 entries- იავნანა noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
German
2 entries- Schlaflied noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- Wiegenlied noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Greek
1 entries- νανούρισμα noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Gujarati
1 entries- હાલરડું noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Hebrew
1 entries- שִׁיר עֶרֶשׂ noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Hindi
1 entries- लोरी noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Hungarian
2 entries- altatódal noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- bölcsődal noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Icelandic
1 entries- vögguvísa noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Ido
1 entries- bersokanto noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Indonesian
1 entries- nina-bobok noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- لالایی noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Irish
1 entries- suantraí noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Italian
1 entries- ninna nanna noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Japanese
2 entries- ララバイ noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- 子守歌 noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Kalmyk
1 entries- өлгән дун noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Kazakh
1 entries- бесік жыры noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Khmer
1 entries- ទំនុកបំពេរ noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Korean
2 entries- 자장가 noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- 자장노래 noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- бешик ыры noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Lao
1 entries- ເພງກ່ອມເດັກ noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Latin
1 entries- lallus noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Latvian
1 entries- šūpļa dziesma noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Lithuanian
1 entries- lopšinė noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Macedonian
1 entries- приспивна песна noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Malay
3 entries- dondang noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- nina-bobok noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- nyannyan pengulit noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Manx
1 entries- arrane cadlee noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Marathi
1 entries- अंगाईगीत noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Mongolian
1 entries- бүүвэйн дуу noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Māori
4 entries- ngāoriori noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- oriori noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- pōpō noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- taiapo noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Norman
1 entries- bèrcheuse noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- vuggesang noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- vuggevise noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Wieejeleet noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Polish
1 entries- kołysanka noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Portuguese
2 entries- canção de embalar noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- canção de ninar noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Romanian
1 entries- cântec de leagăn noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Russian
1 entries- колыбе́льная noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- òran tàlaidh noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ukolevka noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- uljuljka noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- uspavanka noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- уколевка noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Sicilian
2 entries- avò noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- ninna-nanna noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Slovak
1 entries- uspávanka noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Slovene
1 entries- uspavanka noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Spanish
4 entries- arrorró noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- arroró noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- arrullo noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- arrurrú noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Swedish
2 entries- vaggsång noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- vaggvisa noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Tagalog
2 entries- lulay noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- oyayi noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Tajik
2 entries- алла noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- лолоӣ noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Tamil
1 entries- தாலாட்டு noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Telugu
2 entries- జోలపాట noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- లాలిపాట noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Thai
1 entries- เพลงกล่อมเด็ก noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Turkish
1 entries- ninni noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Turkmen
2 entries- hüvdi noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- laý noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Ukrainian
1 entries- колиско́ва noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Urdu
1 entries- لوری noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئەللەي ناخشىسى noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Uzbek
1 entries- alla noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bài hát ru noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Volapük
2 entries- klädömakanit noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- klädömalid noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Walloon
1 entries- hosseuse noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Welsh
2 entries- hwiangerdd noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
- suo-gân noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Yiddish
1 entries- וויגליד noun (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Some children thought that they could compose a lullaby, paint a picture, or make a teddy bear.
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Snow White sings Sleepy a lullaby with pleasure.
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Every evening after bedtime stories Mary asked for a lullaby and Mama of course, could not deny her.
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