resound

== English == === Etymology 1 === From both of the following: From Late Middle English resounen (“to return with an echo, resound; to make a sound, to sound; of speech or writing: to announce a theme”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman resoner, resouner [and other forms], Middle French resoner, and Old French resoner (“to make a (deep or echoing) sound; of sounds: to echo; to ring; of one’s name or actions: to be frequently recounted; of a place: to re-echo or ring with sound”) (modern French résonner), from Latin resonāre, the present active infinitive of resonō (“to ring or sound again, re-echo, resound; to call repeatedly; to give back the sound of (something), re-echo or resound (something)”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + sonō (“to make a noise, resound, sound; to sound (something); to speak or utter (something); to call, cry out; to celebrate; to extol, praise; to sing”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound”)). From re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) +‎ sound (“to produce a sound”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzaʊnd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəˈzaʊnd/, /ɹi-/ Rhymes: -aʊnd Hyphenation: re‧sound ==== Verb ==== resound (third-person singular simple present resounds, present participle resounding, simple past and past participle resounded) (transitive) To make (sounds), or to speak (words), loudly or reverberatingly. Of a place: to cause (a sound) to reverberate; to echo. To praise or spread the fame of (someone or something) with the voice or the sound of musical instruments; to celebrate, to extol; also, to declare (someone) to be a certain thing. To repeat (another's words, opinions, etc.). Synonym: echo (intransitive) Of a place: to reverberate with sound or noise. Of a sound, a voice, etc.: to reverberate; to ring. Synonym: echo Especially of a musical instrument: to make a (deep or reverberating) sound; also, to make sounds continuously. (figuratively) Of an event: to have a major effect in a certain place or time. Of a person, their reputation, etc.: to be much lauded or mentioned. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Late Middle English resoun, reson (“echoing or reverberating sound; clangour, din, noise”), from Old French reson, and from its etymon Latin resonus (“echoing, resounding”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + sonus (“sound; noise; pitch; speech; (figuratively) character, style, tone; tongue, voice”) (from sonō (verb) (see further at etymology 1) + -us (suffix forming nouns)). (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈsaʊnd/, /-ˈzaʊnd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəˈsaʊnd/, /ɹi-/, /-ˈzaʊnd/ Rhymes: -aʊnd Hyphenation: re‧sound ==== Noun ==== resound (countable and uncountable, plural resounds) (countable) An echoing or reverberating sound; a resounding. (uncountable) The quality of echoing or reverberating; resonance. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) +‎ sound (“to produce a sound”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɹiːˈsaʊnd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɹiˈsaʊnd/ Rhymes: -aʊnd Hyphenation: re‧sound ==== Verb ==== resound (third-person singular simple present resounds, present participle resounding, simple past and past participle resounded) (transitive) To echo or repeat (a sound). (intransitive) To sound again. ===== Alternative forms ===== re-sound ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === undoers, Öresund, Duerson, sounder, Oresund, enduros, unsored