lark

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun North American songbirds having a yellow breast
  2. noun a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage
  3. noun any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing

Etymology

From Middle English larke, laverke, from Old English lāwerce, lǣwerce, lāuricæ, from Proto-West Germanic *laiwarikā, from Proto-Germanic *laiwarikǭ, *laiwazikǭ (compare dialectal West Frisian larts, Dutch leeuwerik, German Lerche), from *laiwaz (borrowed into Finnish leivo, Estonian lõo), of unknown ultimate origin with no definitive cognates outside of Germanic.

In classic literature

Synonyms

meadowlark

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