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skylark en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈskaɪlɑɹk/ (US)
  • /ˈskaɪlɑːk/ (UK)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From sky + lark. Verb sense 1809, originally nautical, possibly influenced by northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)); see lark for details.

Meanings

  1. A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
skylarks Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

oriental skylark · Eurasian skylark · gay as a skylark · happy as a skylark · Japanese skylark

Translations (90)

sc calandiri (small brown passerine bird) · br alc'hweder sant Pęr (small brown passerine bird) · se leivvoš (small brown passerine bird) · lld lodola (small brown passerine bird) · alt бос торкой (small brown passerine bird) · hsb škowrončk (small brown passerine bird) · pt calhandra (small brown passerine bird) · lv lauku cīrulis (small brown passerine bird) · bg чучули́га (small brown passerine bird) · mi kairaka (small brown passerine bird) · az torağay (small brown passerine bird) · ga fuiseog (small brown passerine bird) · hu süsétek (small brown passerine bird) · tr tarla kuşu (small brown passerine bird) · ka ტოროლა (small brown passerine bird) · ca alosa (small brown passerine bird) · gd uiseag (small brown passerine bird) · sdc accuccadìta (small brown passerine bird) · sdn calandru (small brown passerine bird) · sc allòdola (small brown passerine bird) · la alauda (small brown passerine bird) · lt vieversys (small brown passerine bird) · ga circín starraiceach (small brown passerine bird) · et pőldlőoke (small brown passerine bird) · sk škovránok (small brown passerine bird) · cy ehedydd (small brown passerine bird) · rm lodola (small brown passerine bird) · vec lòdoła (small brown passerine bird) · kn ಬಾನಾಡಿ (small brown passerine bird) · sco laverock (small brown passerine bird) · gl laverca (small brown passerine bird) · sq larushe (small brown passerine bird) · sc calandironi (small brown passerine bird) · eo alaŭdo (small brown passerine bird) · sv sånglärka (small brown passerine bird) · mk чучулига (small brown passerine bird) · rom chirikli-gilibani (small brown passerine bird) · hu mezei pacsirta (small brown passerine bird) · fur lodule (small brown passerine bird) · pl skowronek polny (small brown passerine bird) · ko 노고지리 (small brown passerine bird) · ar قُبَّرَة (small brown passerine bird) · be жа́варанак (small brown passerine bird) · kum торгъай (small brown passerine bird) · vo felalaud (small brown passerine bird) · sq çerdhukël (small brown passerine bird) · fy ljurk (small brown passerine bird) · fi leivo (small brown passerine bird) · uk жа́йворонок (small brown passerine bird) · smi leivvoš (small brown passerine bird) · es alondra común (small brown passerine bird) · ru жа́воронок (small brown passerine bird) · gd topag (small brown passerine bird) · sc prantaritta (small brown passerine bird) · ast calandra (small brown passerine bird) · fr alouette des champs (small brown passerine bird) · xal торһа (small brown passerine bird) · rom chiriklo-gilibano (small brown passerine bird) · sq laureshë (small brown passerine bird) · ro ciocârlie (small brown passerine bird) · mt alwett (small brown passerine bird) · pt calandra (small brown passerine bird) · sh пољска шева (small brown passerine bird) · smj vitsur (small brown passerine bird) · oc alauseta (small brown passerine bird) · pt cotovia (small brown passerine bird) · pt laverca (small brown passerine bird) · da sanglærke (small brown passerine bird) · ko 종다리 (small brown passerine bird) · wym liychła (small brown passerine bird) · sq laureshë e madhe (small brown passerine bird) · ja 雲雀 (small brown passerine bird) · vi chiền chiện (small brown passerine bird) · de Feldlerche (small brown passerine bird) · fi kiuru (small brown passerine bird) · is sönglævirki (small brown passerine bird) · sl poljski škrjanec (small brown passerine bird) · it alauda (small brown passerine bird) · fur odule (small brown passerine bird) · nrf alouette (small brown passerine bird) · nl veldleeuwerik (small brown passerine bird) · sh poljska ševa (small brown passerine bird) · cs skřivan polní (small brown passerine bird) · nrf alout'raesse (small brown passerine bird) · cmn 雲雀 /云雀 (small brown passerine bird) · nrf alouaette (small brown passerine bird) · smj gieddeurjjá (small brown passerine bird) · ta வானம்பாடி (small brown passerine bird) · fi leivonen (small brown passerine bird) · it allodola (small brown passerine bird)

skylark en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈskaɪlɑɹk/ (US)
  • /ˈskaɪlɑːk/ (UK)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From sky + lark. Verb sense 1809, originally nautical, possibly influenced by northern English dialectal term lake/laik (“to play”) (from Old Norse leika (“to play (as opposed to work)”)); see lark for details.

Meanings

  1. (dated) To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks.
    • I cherished no malice towards him, though he had been skylarking with me not a little in the matter of my bedfellow. 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 5:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
skylarking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
skylarks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
skylarked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
skylarked Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

skylarking · skylarker