clangour

== English == === Alternative forms === clangor (US, Canada) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin clangor. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈklæŋ(ɡ)ə/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈklæŋ(ɡ)ɚ/ Rhymes: -æŋə(ɹ), -æŋɡə(ɹ) Hyphenation: clan‧gour === Noun === clangour (countable and uncountable, plural clangours) (UK, Canada) A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din. 1920, D. H. Lawrence, Women in Love, Chapter XXIV: Death and Love, And always, as the dark, inchoate eyes turned to him, there passed through Gerald's bowels a burning stroke of revolt, that seemed to resound through his whole being, threatening to break his mind with its clangour, and making him mad. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === clangour (third-person singular simple present clangours, present participle clangouring, simple past and past participle clangoured) (UK, Canada) To make a clanging sound. ==== Translations ====