A song is defined as a musical composition sang by a human voice – which sounds incredibly simple for something that can be so complex and beautiful and take on so many forms!
Songs form an integral part of most every culture around the world and many of us will listen to different songs as we go about our day. So before you take a listen to the songs heading to this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Italy, each of them hoping they can prove they’re the one with The Sound of Beauty, here’s how to say song in the 50 languages of Europe in a Day!
- Albanian – Kënga
- Arabic – أغنية (Ughniyya)
- Armenian – երգ (Erg)
- Azerbaijani – Mahnı
- Basque – Abesti
- Belarusian – Песня (Pesnya)
- Bulgarian – Песен (Pesen)
- Catalan – Cançó
- Croatian – Pjesma
- Czech – Píseň
- Danish – Sang
- Dutch – Lied
- Estonian – Laul
- Faroese – Songur
- Finnish – Laulu
- French – Chanson
- Georgian – სიმღერა (Simghera)
- German – Lied
- Greek – Τραγούδι (Tragoúdi)
- Greenlandic – Erinarsuut
- Hungarian – Dal
- Icelandic – Lag
- Irish Gaelic – Amhrán
- Italian – Canzone
- Jèrriais – Chanson
- Latin – Canticum
- Latvian – Dziesma
- Lithuanian – Daina
- Low German – Leed
- Luxembourgish – Lidd
- Macedonian – Песна (Pesna)
- Maltese – Għanja
- Manx – Arrane
- Monégasque – Cansun
- Northern Sami – Lávlla
- Norwegian – Sang
- Polish – Piosenka
- Portuguese – Canção
- Romanian – Cântec
- Russian – Песня (Pyesnya)
- Scots Gaelic – Òran
- Serbian – Песма (Pesma)
- Slovak – Pieseň
- Slovene – Pesem
- Spanish – Canción
- Swedish – Sång
- Swiss German – Lied
- Turkish – Şarkı
- Ukrainian – Пісня (Pisnya)
- Welsh – Cân
Although Hebrew is not currently one of the languages of Europe in a Day usually writes in, as Israel regularly take part at the Eurovision Song Contest, it’s only far to include how to say song in Hebrew too!
- Hebrew – שיר (Shir)
Author: James Scanlan
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