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lull·a·by

Audio Help [luhl-uh-bahy] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -bies, verb, -bied, -by·ing.

–noun

1.	a song used to lull a child to sleep; cradlesong.

2.	any lulling song.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to lull with or as with a lullaby.

[Origin: 1550–60; equiv. to lulla, lulla(y), interj. used in cradlesongs (late ME lullai, lulli) + -by, as in bye-bye

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lull·a·by Audio Help   (lŭl'ə-bī') Pronunciation Key
n.   pl. lull·a·bies
A soothing song with which to lull a child to sleep.

tr.v.   lull·a·bied, lull·a·bying, lull·a·bies
To quiet with or as if with a lullaby.

[Obsolete lulla, word used in lullabies (from Middle English lullai, from lullen, to lull; see lull) + bye².]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
lullaby

c.1560, lulley by, from M.E. lollai, lullay, from lullen (see lull). Second element perhaps from by-by "good-by."

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lullaby
noun
1.	a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
2.	the act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep

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lullaby [ˈlaləbai] noun — plural ˈlullabies [-baiz]

a song sung to make children go to sleep

Arabic:	تَهْويدَه، أُغْنِيَه لِتَنْويم الأطْفال
Chinese (Simplified):	催眠曲
Chinese (Traditional):	催眠曲
Czech:	ukolébavka
Danish:	vuggevise
Dutch:	slaapliedje
Estonian:	hällilaul
Finnish:	kehtolaulu
French:	berceuse
German:	das Wiegenlied
Greek:	νανούρισμα
Hungarian:	altatódal
Icelandic:	vögguvísa
Indonesian:	nina bobok
Italian:	ninna nanna

Japanese:	子守唄
Latvian:	šūpļa dziesma
Lithuanian:	lopšinė
Norwegian:	voggevise, *-sang
Polish:	kołysanka
Portuguese (Brazil):	cantiga de ninar
Portuguese (Portugal):	canção de embalar
Romanian:	cântec de leagăn
Russian:	колыбельная
Slovak:	uspávanka
Slovenian:	uspavanka
Spanish:	nana, canción de cuna
Swedish:	vaggvisa
Turkish:	ninni