cradlesong

1 6.2

A soft song sung to a baby to help them fall asleep

noun
/ˈkreɪdəlˌsɔŋ/

: canción de cuna

She hummed a gentle cradlesong to soothe her baby to sleep.

Examples

The melody of the old cradlesong brought back memories of his childhood.
She sang a soft cradlesong to her baby.
Every night, his mother would sing a cradlesong by his bedside.
The cradlesong helped him drift off to sleep.
She sang a gentle cradlesong to her baby, hoping to lull him to sleep.
As the child drifted off, the soft cradlesong filled the room with warmth and peace.
The mother softly hums a cradlesong every night as part of their bedtime routine.

Synonyms

lullaby

vscradlesong

Baby Talk

44 1.0

A soft gentle song that helps a child fall asleep

is the same idea but expressed with a different word

rockabye

vscradlesong

Baby Talk

1 4.6

A gentle song sung to help a baby sleep while you rock them

is a quiet sleep song not necessarily involving rocking

berceuse

vscradlesong

1 9.9

A soft song to help a child sleep

is a quietly sung sleep song rather than a composed piece

How Soothing

cradlesong

1 6.2

song

∞ 1.0

hum

40 1.0

Surface Forms

cradlesong singular

cradlesongs plural

Morphology

cradlesong = cradle + song (transparent) = cradle + song

Meaning is clearly the combination of 'cradle' and 'song' (a song for a baby), which learners can infer from the parts.

Etymology

Cradlesong is made of two simple words, cradle 'a baby's bed that rocks' and song 'a short tune', so it means a gentle song sung while rocking a baby to sleep, like a 'lullaby'. A helpful picture to remember it is someone rocking a cradle and singing softly to help the child sleep.