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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."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
lullaby [ˈlaləbai] nounplural 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
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

lullaby

lull"a*by\, n. [From Lull, v. t. ]

1. A song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep; that which quiets. --Shak.

2. Hence: Good night; good-by. [Obs.] --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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