Sound

English

Noun

Sound (plural Sounds)

1. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
   1. A vibration capable of causing this.
2. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc
3. A probe (e.g. a surgeon's tool)
4. (geography): Long narrow inlet. (Puget Sound, Owen Sound, etc.)

Adjective

Sound (comparative sounder, superlative soundest)

1. Healthy.
2. Complete, solid, or secure.
3. (mathematics, logic) (argument, logical system) having the soundness property.
4. (UK, slang) Good or a good thing.
5. sound asleep; quietly resting, sleeping peacefully; undisturbed

Verb

Sound (third-person singular simple present Sounds, present participle Sounding, simple past and past participle Sounded)

1. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
2. (intransitive, copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
3. (intransitive, law) To arise or to be recognizable as arising within a particular area of law.
4. (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
5. (phonetics) To pronounce a vowel or a consonant.
6. (intransitive) dive downwards, used of a whale.

Adjectives for Sound

incongruous; obdurate; joyful; financial; explosive; ecstatic; numerous (plural); roaring; hissing; peculiar; quavering; plaintive; sprinkled; similar; lamentable; languid; unauthorized; elementary; crisp; muffled; unearthly; affrighting; thundering; lulling; empty; winged; perfidious; tinkling; imposing; ear-splitting; flat; petulant; scratching; powerful; human; horrid; answering; pulsating; puffing; monotonous; cropping; discordant; ominous; multitudinous (pi); articulate; distinct; terrible; mysterious; harmonious; faint; moaning; jarring; agreeable; perfect; blithe; thwacking; sad; romantic; weird; furtive; immortal; obnoxious; maddening; unresting; hideous; menacing; onomatopoeic; agglomerative; endearing; tuneful; stormy; incessant; plain; strange; dentilingual; obstructed; hoarse; chuckling; caressing; murmuring; animated; understanding; munching; increasing; howling; hollow; sullen; meaningless; cruel; heterogeneous; droning; pinging; wandering; delicious; cracking; kindred; spiritual; convulsed; clattering; perpetual; humming; evil; flattering; various (plural); murderous; consecutive; rumbling; gurgling; sensuous; rattling; joyous; dubious; rushing; monosyllabic; muttering; celestial; sweet; stealthy; whizzing; soothing; slight; throaty; suggestive; melodious; eminent; confused; melancholy; healing; whistling; vague; clashing; raving; siren; repining; soft; recurrent; lambent; portentous; carefree; grunting; mirthful; false; sighing; raspy; idle; vocal; conversational; hammering; chirping; shocking; rhythmic; blissful; scientific; droll; harsh; fundamental; continuous; appalling; ghostly.

Verbs for Sound

absorb—; alter—; attune to—; carry—; communicate—; deaden—; detect—; dilute —; direct—; disguise—; echo—; elicit—; emit—; give forth—; induce—; lessen—; limit—; mellow—; muffle—; interpret—; sharpen—; smother—; transmit—; waft—; visualize—; smother—; —alarms; —babbles ; —ceases; —comforts; —dins; —echoes; —emanates; —s emerge; —falls; —s gibber; — gurgle; —lulls; —penetrates; — reawakens; —reechoes; —registers; —reverberates; —scatters; — trouble; —vanishes.

Adverbs for Sound

fortunately; wholesomely; securely; luckily; admirably; commendably; satisfactorily; unusually; magnificently; splendidly; impressively; gloriously; perfectly; remarkably; excellently; sufficiently; superbly; miraculously; peremptorily; exasperatlngly; incessantly; harshly; audibly; incredibly; importunately; celestially; mournfully; incongruously; thunderously; monotonously; discordantly; ominously; mysteriously; jarringly; thwackingly; weirdly; obnoxiously; portentously; appallingly.

Thesaurus

Thesaurus sound

cogent, come out with, commendable, commonsense, communicate, complain, complete, compos mentis, compute, conservative, consistent, conventional, convey, cool, coolheaded, correct, cove, credible, creek, cry out, customary, deep, deliver, delve into, dense, dependable, dial, dig into, din, ding, dingdong, disclose, disseminate, dive, divide, dong, doodle, double-tongue, down-to-earth, drop, durable, earreach, earshot, earthy, echo, echo back, effect, elegant, emit, emit a sound, enduring, entire, enunciate, estimable, estimate, estuary, euripus, evaluate, evangelical, examine, excellent, expedient, explore, express, fail-safe, fair, faithful, faithworthy, fall, famous, fast, fathom, favorable, feel, feel out, feeler, fiducial, fife, fine, fiord, firm, firm as Gibraltar, firth, fit, fjord, fling off, flute, fly a kite, formulate, frith, full, gauge, give, give expression, give out with, give tongue, give utterance, give voice, go into, gong, good, good for, goodly, graduate, grand, grumble, guaranteed, gulf, gut, hale, hale and hearty, harbor, hard, hardheaded, harmless, healthy, healthy-minded, hearing, heavy, helpful, honk, impart, imperturbable, impression, in equilibrium, in good condition, in good shape, indagate, infrangible, inlet, inquire of, intact, integral, investigate, invincible, invulnerable, jangle, jingle, jinglejangle, judicious, just, justifiable, kind, knell, kyle, lasting, laudable, lawful, legal, legitimate, let out, levelheaded, lip, literal, loch, logical, look, look into, look like, lucid, made of iron, make a noise, make a sound, make a sounding, massive, matter-of-fact, measure, mensurate, mentally sound, mete, meter, mouth, narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, nice, noble, noise, normal, nose-dive, of sound mind, of the faith, orthodox, orthodoxical, out with, pace, parachute, peaceful, peal, peer into, perceptive, percipient, perfect, perspicacious, philosophical, phonate, phrase, pilot balloon, pipe, pitch, plausible, pleasant, plop, plumb, plumb the depths, plumb-line, plummet, plump, plunge, plunk, poke into, politic, poll, positivistic, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, pour forth, practical, practical-minded, pragmatic, predictable, present, prize, probe, proclaim, profitable, promulgate, pronounce, proper, prudent, pry into, publish, put forth, put in words, quality, quantify, quantize, question, raise, random sample, range, rate, rational, reach, read, realist, realistic, reasonable, reasoning, rebound, received, reecho, regal, reliable, report, resemble, resonance, resonate, resound, responsible, return, reverberate, reverberation, right, right-minded, rigid, ring, ring changes, riskless, road, roads, roadstead, robust, roll, rosy, royal, ruddy, rugged, rumble, safe, sample, sane, sane-minded, say, scientific, scientistic, scriptural, search into, secular, secure, seem, seem like, seem to be, self-consistent, send back, sensible, set forth, shout out, shriek, sift, signal, size, size up, skillful, skin-dive, sky-dive, sling the lead, sober, sober-minded, solid, solvent, sonance, sound a knell, sound a tattoo, sound like, sound out, sound taps, sound-minded, sound-thinking, sounder, span, speak, splendid, squeal, stable, standard, staunch, steadfast, steady, step, stoop, stout, straight-thinking, strait, straits, straw vote, strong, sturdy, submerge, substantial, sufficient, sure, surefire, survey, swoop, swoop down, take a header, take a reading, take soundings, tell, test, textual, throw off, ting, tingle, tink, tinkle, tintinnabulate, together, toll, tone, tongue, toot, tootle, total, tough, traditional, traditionalistic, trial balloon, triangulate, triple-tongue, true, true-blue, trumpet, trustworthy, trusty, tweedle, unbreakable, unbroken, undamaged, undangerous, undisturbed, unfailing, unflappable, unflinching, unhazardous, unideal, unidealistic, unimpaired, unindebted, uninjured, uninterrupted, unmarred, unperilous, unprecarious, unqualified, unrisky, unromantic, unscathed, unsentimental, unshakable, untroubled, unwavering, unyielding, useful, utter, valid, valuate, value, verbalize, very good, vibration, vigorous, virtuous, vituperate, vocalize, voice, warranteed, weather vane, weathercock, weigh, weighty, well, well-argued, well-balanced, well-built, well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made, whisper, whistle, whole, wholesome, wind, wind the horn, wise, without nerves, word, yell out, accepted, adamantine, admissible, advantageous, advertise, all there, announce, annunciate, appear, appear like, appraise, appreciate, approved, arm, armlet, articulate, aspect, assay, assess, astute, auditory range, auspicious, authentic, authoritative, bagpipe, balanced, barometer, bay, bayou, be reflected, be sent back, beep, bell, belt, beneficial, benevolent, bight, binding, bitch, blare, blast, blat, blooming, blow, blow a horn, blow the horn, bluster, boca, bon, bonny, boom, bounce back, braw, bray, breathe, broadcast, bueno, bugle, bulky, bunkum, cacophony, calculable, calculate, calibrate, caliper, canonical, canvass, capital, carillon, carrying distance, cast the lead, characteristic, check a parameter, check out, chime, chink, chorus, clang, clangor, clank, clarion, clearheaded, clearminded, clink,

Alternative forms

• soune (obsolete), sowne (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /saʊnd/, SAMPA: /saUnd/

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• Rhymes: -aʊnd

Etymology

Sound etymology

Etymology 1 Old English gesund (“safe", "whole", "healthy”) Etymology 2 Noun: from Anglo-Norman sun, soun, Old French son, from accusative of Latin sonus. Verb: from Anglo-Norman suner, Old French soner (modern sonner), from Latin sonare The euphonic -d appears in the fifteenth century. Etymology 3 Old English sund Etymology 4 Middle English sounden, from Old French sonder, from sonde (“sounding line”) of Germanic origin, compare O.E. sundgyrd (“a sounding rod”), sundline (“a sounding line”), O.E. sund (“water", "sea”). More at Etymology 3 above Etymology 5 most likely from a slighty altered usage of Etymology 1

Synonyms

• (to make noise):echo, reecho, resonate

Troponyms

• noise
• quiet
• silence

Derived terms

Derived terms

empty vessels make the most sound infrasound instantaneous sound pressure missound outsound second sound soundage sound-alike sound alphabet sound and light/sound-and-light show sound barrier sound bite/soundbite sound bow sound box sound camera sound card sounded sound effect sound energy sound engineer sound engineering sounder soundex sound film sound hole sounding board sound law

soundless sound like sound man/soundman sound off sound out sound pollution sound pressure sound projection soundproof/sound-proof sound recording sound reproduction soundscape sound spectrum sound stage/soundstage sound structure sound system sound track/soundtrack sound truck sound wave speech sound speed of sound surround-sound/surround sound third heart sound third sound ultrasound unsound voiced sound

terms derived from sound (adjective)

safe and sound sound as a bell soundly

Related terms

• safe and sound
• soundly

See also

• audible

Translations

Adjective

healthy

Czech: zdravý (cs) Danish: sund (da), rask (da) Finnish: terve (fi), hyväkuntoinen (fi) French: sain (fr) m., sauf (fr) m. German: gesund (de) Hebrew: בריא (he) (bari) m. Hungarian: egészséges (hu), ép (hu) Japanese: 健康的な (ja) (kenkō) Kurdish: Sorani: ساغ (ku) (sAgh), سه‌لیم (ku) (saleem)

Norwegian: sunn (no), frisk (no) Persian: تندرست (fa) (tandorost) Portuguese: são (pt) m., sã (pt) f. Romanian: sănătos (ro) m. and n., nevătămat (ro) m. and n., teafăr (ro) m. and n., zdravăn (ro) m. and n. Russian: здоровый (ru) (zdoróvyj), крепкий (ru) (krépkij) Swedish: kry (sv), frisk (sv), sund (sv) Turkish: sağlıklı (tr)

complete, solid, or secure

Czech: solidní (cs) Danish: solid (da), sikker (da), pålidelig (da) Dutch: degelijk (nl) Finnish: hyväkuntoinen (fi), terve (fi) French: complet (fr) m., solide (fr) c., sûr (fr) m. Hebrew: יציב (he) (yatsiv) m. Hungarian: sértetlen (hu), ép (hu), hibátlan (hu)

Japanese: 健全な (ja) (kenzen), 堅固な (ja) (kenko) Norwegian: stødig (no) Portuguese: completo (pt) m., sólido (pt) m., seguro (pt) m. Romanian: intact (ro) m. and n., complet (ro) m. and n.; solid m. and n., sigur (ro) m. and n., robust (ro) m. and n. Russian: крепкий (ru) (krépkij), прочный (ru) (próčnyj), надёжный (ru) (nadjóžnyj)

UK, slang: good or a good thing

Danish: fornuftig (da) Finnish: kondiksessa (fi) Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Norwegian: grei (no) Russian: хорошо (ru) (xorošó) Turkish: iyi (tr)

Noun

sensation perceived by the ear

Albanian: tingull (sq) m. Arabic: صوت (ar) (Sawt) m. Armenian: ձայն (hy) (jayn), հնչյուն (hy) (hnčyun) Aromanian: son Bulgarian: звук (bg) (zvuk) m. Catalan: so (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 聲音 (zh), 声音 (zh) (shēngyīn) Crimean Tatar: davuş, ses Czech: zvuk (cs) m. Danish: lyd (da) c. Esperanto: sono (eo) Faroese: ljóð (fo) n. Finnish: ääni (fi) French: son (fr) m. German: Klang (de) m. Greek: ήχος (el) (íchos) m. Hindi: ध्वनी (hi) f., आवाज़ (hi) f. Hungarian: hang (hu) Icelandic: hljóð (is) n. Italian: suono (it) m. Japanese: 音 (ja) (oto) Korean: 소리 (ko) (sori) Kurdish: Sorani: ده‌نگ (ku) (dang)

Latin: sonus (la), sonitus (la) Latvian: skaņa f. Norwegian: lyd (no) m. Nynorsk: lyd (nn) m., ljod (nn) m. and n. Old Norse: hljóð Persian: آوا (fa) (âvâ), صدا (fa) (sedâ) Polish: dźwięk (pl) m. Portuguese: som (pt) Romanian: sunet (ro) Russian: звук (ru) (zvuk) m. Sanskrit: स्वर (sa) (svára) m., शब्द (sa) (śabda) m., ध्वन् (sa) (dhvan) m., नाद (sa) (nāda) m. Scots: soun Scottish Gaelic: fuaim (gd) m. Spanish: sonido (es) m., son (es) m., Swedish: ljud (sv) n. Tagalog: tunog (tl) Telugu: శబ్దం (te) (Sabdam), ధ్వని (te) (dhvani), సవ్వడి (te) (savvaDi) Thai: เสียง (th) Turkish: ses (tr) Urdu: آواز aavaaz f. West Frisian: lûd (fy)

vibration capable of causing this

Albanian: tingull (sq) m. Armenian: ձայն (hy) (jayn), հնչյուն (hy) (hnčyun) Czech: zvuk (cs) m. Danish: lyd (da) c. Finnish: ääni (fi) French: son (fr) m. German: Schall (de) m. Greek: ήχος (el) (íchos) m. Hindi: ध्वनी (hi) f., आवाज़ (hi) f. Hungarian: hangzás (hu) Italian: suono (it) m. Japanese: 音 (ja) (oto) Latvian: skaņa f.

Norwegian: lyd (no) m. Nynorsk: lyd (nn) m., ljod (nn) m. and n. Polish: dźwięk (pl) m. Portuguese: som (pt) m. Russian: звук (ru) (zvuk) m. Sanskrit: स्वर (sa) (svára) m., शब्द (sa) (śabda) m., ध्वन् (sa) (dhvan) m., नाद (sa) (nāda) m. Scots: soun Scottish Gaelic: fuaim (gd) m. Swedish: ljud (sv) n. Telugu: శబ్దం (te) (Sabdam), ధ్వని (te) (dhvani), సవ్వడి (te) (savvaDi) Urdu: آواز aavaaz f.

Verb

to produce a sound

Arabic: صوت (ʂáwata) Bulgarian: прозвучавам (prozvučavam), издавам звук (izdavam zvuk) Czech: znít (cs) Danish: lyde (da) Dutch: klinken, geluid maken, toon voortbrengen Esperanto: soni (eo) Finnish: soida, äännähtää, tuottaa ääntä, kajahtaa (fi) French: sonner (fr) German: klingen (de), erklingen (de) Guaraní: pu Hebrew: השמיע קול (he) (hishmía kol) Icelandic: hljóma (is), hljóða (is) Interlingua: sonar Italian: suonare (it) Japanese: 鳴る (ja) (naru)

Korean: 소리가 나다 (soriga nada) Kurdish: Sorani: ده‌نگ دان (ku) (dang dAn) Latin: sonō (la) Persian: صدا دادن (seda dadan) Portuguese: soar (pt) Romanian: suna (ro) Russian: звучать (zvučát’) Slovene: zveneti/zazveneti Spanish: sonar (es), parecer (es) Swahili: sauti (sw) Swedish: ljuda (sv), låta (sv) Telugu: మోగు (te) (mOgu), ధ్వనించు (te) (dhvaninchu) Tupinambá: pu

to state or utter, especially with deliberation; to repeat

Danish: udtale (da)

French: exprimer (fr)

to cause to produce a sound

Czech: rozeznít (cs), rozezvučet (cs) Danish: lade (da) lyde (da) Finnish: soittaa, tuottaa ääntä

Japanese: 鳴らす (ja) (narasu) Korean: 소리를 내다 (sorireul naeda) Telugu: మోగించు (te) (mOginchu), ధ్వనించు (te) (dhvaninchu)

law: to arise

Japanese: 関係する (ja) (kankē suru)

to pronounce

Czech: vyslovovat (cs)

French: prononcer (fr)

Noun

long narrow inlet

Danish: sund (da) n. Finnish: lahti, vuono (fjord) Greek: πορθμός (el) (porthmós) m. Irish: sunda (ga) m., caolas (ga) m., béal (ga) m., bealach (ga) m.

Japanese: 入り江 (ja) (irie) Polish: cieśnina (pl) f. Russian: пролив (ru) (prolív) m., канал (ru) (kanál) m. Spanish: estrecho (es) m.

Verb

to dive downwards, of a whale

Danish: dykke (da) (ned) Finnish: sukeltaa (fi)

Japanese: 潜る (ja) (moguru)

to probe

Danish: lodde (da), sondere (da), pejle (da) Finnish: tutkia (fi), kokeilla (fi), sondeerata (fi) French: sonder (fr) German: sondieren (de)

Greek: ακροώμαι (el) (akroómai) Japanese: 調べる (ja) (shiraberu), 探る (ja) (saguru) Spanish: sondear (es)

to test

Danish: pejle (da), prøve (da) Finnish: testata (fi), koestaa (fi) French: tester (fr)

Greek: βολιδοσκοπώ (el) (volidoskopó) Japanese: 調べる (ja) (shiraberu)

Noun

a probe

Danish: sonde (da) c. Finnish: koetin (fi) French: sonde (fr) f. German: Sonde (de) f.

Greek: στηθοσκόπιο (el) (stithoskópio) n. Japanese: 探子 (ja) (tanshi) Spanish: sonda (es) f.

Adjective

sound asleep — see sound asleep

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Italian

Noun

Sound m. inv.

1. (music) sound (distinctive style and sonority)

Etymology

From English