sound

== English == === Alternative forms === soune, sownd, sowne (obsolete) === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsaʊ̯nd/, [ˈsaʊ̯nd] (Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, General Australian, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting) IPA(key): /ˈsæʊ̯nd/, [ˈsæʊ̯nd] (Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization) IPA(key): /ˈsaːnd/, [ˈsaːnd] (Ireland) (Standard Irish, Dublin) IPA(key): /ˈsɛʊ̯nd/, [ˈsɛʊ̯nd] (Cork, Munster) IPA(key): /ˈsɐʊ̯nd/, [ˈsɐʊ̯nd] (Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈsɐʏ̯nd/, [ˈsɐʏ̯nd] (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ˈsuːnd/, [ˈsuːnd] Rhymes: -aʊnd Hyphenation: sound === Etymology 1 === From Middle English sound, sund, isund, ȝesund, from Old English sund (“sound, safe, whole, uninjured, healthy, prosperous”), from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundaz (“healthy”), merged with synonymous Old English ġesund, from Proto-West Germanic *gasund. Cognate with Scots sound, soun (“healthy, sound”), Saterland Frisian suund, gesuund (“healthy”), West Frisian sûn (“healthy”), Dutch gezond (“healthy, sound”), Low German sund, gesund (“healthy”), German gesund (“healthy, sound”), Danish sund (“healthy”), Swedish sund (“sound, healthy”). Possibly related also to Dutch gezwind (“fast, quick”), German geschwind (“fast, quick”), Old English swīþ (“strong, mighty, powerful, active, severe, violent”). See swith. ==== Adjective ==== sound (comparative sounder, superlative soundest) Healthy. Complete, solid, or secure. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness. Hypernym: valid (UK, Ireland, slang) Good; acceptable; decent. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Heavy; laid on with force. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Volapük: saun ===== Translations ===== ==== Adverb ==== sound (comparative more sound, superlative most sound) Soundly. ==== Interjection ==== sound (UK, Ireland, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding. === Etymology 2 === Noun: from Middle English sownde, alteration of soun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sun, soun, Old French son, from accusative of Latin sonus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”). Verb: from Middle English sownden, sounen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suner, sounder, Old French soner (modern sonner), from Latin sonō. The hypercorrect -d appears in the fifteenth century. (Compare dialectal drownd, gownd for the same development.) Displaced native Middle English swei, from Old English swēġ, from Proto-Germanic *swōgiz. ==== Noun ==== sound (countable and uncountable, plural sounds) A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium. A vibration capable of causing such sensations. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc. Noise without meaning; empty noise. Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard. (phonetics) A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound. ===== Synonyms ===== See also Thesaurus:sound ===== Descendants ===== Tok Pisin: saun → Cebuano: sawon → Dutch: sound → Finnish: soundi, saundi → German: Sound → Indonesian: sound → Italian: sound → Japanese: サウンド (saundo) → Korean: 사운드 (saundeu) → Malayalam: സൗണ്ട് (sauṇṭŭ) → Swedish: sound → Tamil: சவுண்டு (cavuṇṭu), சௌண்டு (cauṇṭu) ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== audible ==== Verb ==== sound (third-person singular simple present sounds, present participle sounding, simple past and past participle sounded) (intransitive) To produce a sound. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound. (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy. (transitive) To cause to produce a sound. (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce. ===== Synonyms ===== (to make noise): echo, reecho, resonate See also Thesaurus:sound ===== Translations ===== ==== Derived terms ==== === Etymology 3 === From Middle English sound, sund (“body of water; swimming; air bladder of a fish”), from Old English sund (“the power, capacity, or act of swimming; swimming; sea; ocean; water; sound; strait; channel”), Old Norse sund (“channel, inlet, strait”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming; sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem- (“swimming; sea”). Cognate with Dutch zond (“sound; strait”), Danish sund (“sound; strait; channel”), Swedish sund (“sound; strait; channel”), Icelandic sund (“sound; strait; channel”), German Sund. Related to swim. ==== Noun ==== sound (plural sounds) (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean. The air bladder of a fish. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Welsh: swnt ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === From Middle English sounden, from Old French sonder, from sonde (“sounding line”) of Germanic origin, compare Old English sundgyrd (“a sounding rod”), sundline (“a sounding line”), Old English sund (“water, sea”). More at Etymology 3 above. ==== Verb ==== sound (third-person singular simple present sounds, present participle sounding, simple past and past participle sounded) (intransitive) Of a whale, to dive downwards. To ascertain, or to try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe. To fathom or test; to ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion. ===== Derived terms ===== sounding board sounding line sounding rocket sounding rod ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== sound (plural sounds) (medicine) A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde. ===== Translations ===== === References === “sound”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “sound”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === nodus, udons, undos == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English sound. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɑu̯nt/ Rhymes: -ɑu̯nt === Noun === sound m (plural sounds, diminutive soundje n) sound (distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.) ==== Derived terms ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === Pseudo-anglicism. An ellipsis of English sound system. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsaun/ [ˈsa.ʊn] Rhymes: -aun IPA(key): /ˈson/ [ˈson] Rhymes: -on === Noun === sound (colloquial) sound system == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English sound. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsawnd/ Rhymes: -awnd === Noun === sound m (invariable) (music) sound (distinctive style and sonority) === References === === Anagrams === snudo, snudò == Middle English == === Noun === sound (Southern) alternative form of sonde == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English sound. Attested since 1954. === Noun === sound n (music) a sound (distinctive style) ==== Declension ==== === References === “sound”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “sound”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “sound”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)