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lullabye

lullabye is the archaic form of lullaby.

Meaning of lullaby

Noun

lullaby (plural lullabies)

  1. A cradlesong, a soothing song to calm children or lull them to sleep.
    • sing a lullaby

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Forms of lullabye

plurallullabyes

Questions about lullabye

What is lullabye the archaic form of?
Lullabye is the archaic form of lullaby.

Words near lullabye in the dictionary

  1. lulla
  2. lullabied
  3. lullabies
  4. lullable
  5. lullaby
  6. lullabye
  7. lullabyes
  8. lullabying
  9. lullabyish
  10. lullabylike
  11. lullay

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lullabye (page history and authors); lullaby (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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