lullaby
/ˈlʌləbaɪ/
lullaby noun: a cradlesong, a soothing song to calm children or lull them to sleep.
Noun
lullaby (plural lullabies)
- A cradlesong, a soothing song to calm children or lull them to sleep.
- sing a lullaby
- Synonyms:
- berceuse, cradle song
Verb
lullaby (third-person singular simple present lullabies, present participle lullabying, simple past and past participle lullabied)
- To sing a lullaby to.
lullaby meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lullaby in Hindi
- a soothing song to lull children to sleep
- लोरी lorī
lullaby in Tamil
- a soothing song to lull children to sleep
- தாலாட்டு tālāṭṭu
lullaby in Marathi
- a soothing song to lull children to sleep
- अंगाईगीत aṅgāīgīt
lullaby in Urdu
- a soothing song to lull children to sleep
- لوری lorī
More languagesFewer languages
- lullaby in Bengali
- ঘুমপাড়ানি গান, শান্ত করার সুর
- lullaby in Telugu
- జోలపాట jōlapāṭa, లాలిపాట lālipāṭa
- lullaby in Malayalam
- താരാട്ട്, തൊട്ടിൽപ്പാട്ട്, നിദ്രാഗീതം
- lullaby in Kannada
- ಜೋ, ಜೊ, ಜೋಗುಳ, ಜೋಗಳ
- lullaby in Gujarati
- હાલરડું hālarḍũ
- lullaby in Assamese
- নিচুকনি গীত nisukoni git
- lullaby in Tagalog
- oyayi, lulay
- lullaby in Arabic
- تَهْوِيدَة tahwīda
- lullaby in Malay
- dondang, nyannyan pengulit, nina-bobok
- lullaby in Indonesian
- nina-bobok
- lullaby in Thai
- เพลงกล่อมเด็ก pleeng-glɔ̀m-dèk
- lullaby in Vietnamese
- bài hát ru
- lullaby in Myanmar
- ကျူးသောသီးချင်း kyu:sau:si:hkyang:
Synonyms of lullaby
Forms of lullaby
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | lullabies |
| alternative form (archaic) | lullabye |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | lullabies |
| present participle | lullabying |
| past participle | lullabied |
| past | lullabied |
Origin of lullaby
From Middle English lullen (“to lull”) + bye. First recorded c. 1560. Compare Old English bī, bī (“lullaby!”, interjection).
Words formed from lullaby
Questions about lullaby
- What does lullaby mean?
- Lullaby means a cradlesong, a soothing song to calm children or lull them to sleep.
- What is lullaby in Hindi?
- Lullaby in Hindi is लोरी (lorī). See Lullaby meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lullaby?
- Lullaby can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce lullaby?
- Lullaby is pronounced /ˈlʌləbaɪ/.
- What is the plural of lullaby?
- The plural of lullaby is lullabies.
Words near lullaby in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lullaby (page history and authors); Lullaby (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lullaby (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lullaby (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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