# skylark

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈskaɪlɑːk/ · frequency rank #55,107

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

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/skylark