Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 5574 6808754 2009-06-16T15:37:33Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations {{also|Sound}} ==English== {{wikipedia|Sound (disambiguation)}} {{rank|clear|pretty|except|513|sound|didn't|natural|laid}} ===Alternative spellings=== * [[soune]] ''(obsolete)'', [[sowne]] ''(obsolete)'' ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/saʊnd/}}, {{SAMPA|/saUnd/}} * {{audio|en-us-sound.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|aʊnd}} ===Etymology 1=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|gesund||lang=ang|safe", "whole", "healthy}} ====Adjective==== {{en-adj|sound|er}} # [[healthy|Healthy]]. #: ''He was safe and '''sound'''.'' # [[complete|Complete]], [[solid]], or [[secure]]. #: ''Fred assured me the floorboards were '''sound'''.'' # {{context|British|slang}} Good or a good thing. #: ''"How are you?" - "I'm '''sound'''."'' #: ''That's a '''sound''' track you're playing.'' =====Derived terms===== {{rel-top|terms derived from ''sound (adjective)''}} * [[safe and sound]] * [[sound as a bell]] {{rel-mid}} * [[soundly]] {{rel-bottom}} =====Translations===== {{trans-top|healthy}} * Danish: {{t-|da|sund}}, {{t-|da|rask}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|terve}}, {{t-|fi|hyväkuntoinen}} * French: {{t+|fr|sain|m}}, {{t+|fr|sauf|m}} * German: {{t+|de|gesund}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|egészséges}}, {{t+|hu|ép}} * Japanese: {{t-|ja|健康的な|tr=kenkō|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-mid}} * Kurdish: * Norwegian: {{t|no|sunn}}, {{t+|no|frisk}} *: Sorani: {{t|ku|ساغ|tr=sAgh|sc=ku-Arab}}, {{t|ku|سه‌لیم|tr=saleem|sc=ku-Arab}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|здоровый|tr=zdoróvyj|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|крепкий|tr=krépkij|sc=Cyrl}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|sağlıklı}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|complete, solid, or secure}} * Danish: [[#Danish|solid]], [[sikker]], [[pålidelig]] * Dutch: {{t+|nl|degelijk}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|hyväkuntoinen}}, {{t+|fi|terve}} * French: {{t+|fr|complet|m}}, {{t+|fr|solide|c}}, {{t+|fr|sûr|m}} * Hungarian: {{t|hu|sértetlen}}, {{t+|hu|ép}}, {{t-|hu|hibátlan}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|健全な|tr=kenzen|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|堅固な|tr=kenko|sc=Jpan}} * Norwegian: {{t|no|stødig}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|completo|m}}, {{t+|pt|sólido|m}}, {{t+|pt|seguro|m}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|крепкий|tr=krépkij|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|прочный|tr=próčnyj|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|надёжный|tr=nadjóžnyj|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|UK, slang: good or a good thing}} * Danish: [[fornuftig]] * Finnish: {{t-|fi|kondiksessa}} * {{trreq|Japanese}} {{trans-mid}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|grei}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|хорошо|tr=xorošó|sc=Cyrl}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|iyi}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Bulgarian}}: [[здрав]] (zdrav) {{m}} * {{ttbc|Dutch}}: [[gezond]] * {{ttbc|Esperanto}}: [[sana]] * {{ttbc|French}}: [[sain]] * {{ttbc|Guaraní}}: [[esãi]] (h-) * {{ttbc|Hebrew}}: [[בריא ושלם]] (baría ve shalam) {{trans-mid}} * {{ttbc|Icelandic}}: [[heilbrigður]] (1), [[í lagi]] (1, 2), [[heill]] (1,2), [[öruggur]] (2) * {{ttbc|Interlingua}}: [[san]] * {{ttbc|Korean}}: [[건전한]] [健全-] (geonjeonhan) * {{ttbc|Persian}}: {{fa-Arab|[[سالم]]}} (sâlem), {{fa-Arab|[[تندرست]]}} (tandorost) * {{ttbc|Portuguese}}: [[são]] {{m}}, [[sã]] {{f}} * {{ttbc|Spanish}}: [[sano]] * {{ttbc|Swedish}}: [[sund]], [[frisk]] {{trans-bottom}} ===Etymology 2=== * Noun: from {{etyl|xno|en}} {{term|sun|lang=xno}}, {{term|soun}}, {{etyl|fro|en}} {{term|son|lang=fro}}, from accusative of {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|sonus}}. * Verb: from {{etyl|xno|en}} {{term|suner|lang=xno}}, {{etyl|fro|en}} {{term|soner|lang=fro}} (modern ''[[sonner]]''), from {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|sono|sonare|lang=la}} * The euphonic '''-d''' appears in the fifteenth century. {{wikipedia}} ====Noun==== {{en-noun}} # A [[sensation]] [[perceived]] by the [[ear]] caused by the [[vibration]] of [[air]] or some other [[medium]]. (''He turned when he heard the '''sound''' of footsteps behind him.'') #: ''Nobody made a '''sound'''.'' # A [[vibration]] capable of causing this. =====Troponyms===== * [[noise]] * [[quiet]] * [[silence]] =====Translations===== {{trans-top|sensation perceived by the ear}} * Arabic: {{t-|ar|صوت|m|tr=Sawt|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|ձայն|tr=jayn|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}, {{t|hy|հնչյուն|tr=hnčyun|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * [[Crimean Tatar]]: {{tø|crh|davuş|xs=Crimean Tatar}}, {{tø|crh|ses|xs=Crimean Tatar}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|zvuk|m}} * Danish: {{t-|da|lyd|c}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|ääni}} * French: {{t+|fr|son|m}} * German: {{t+|de|Klang|m}} * Hindi: {{t-|hi|ध्वनी|f|sc=Deva|xs=Hindi}}, {{t-|hi|आवाज़|f|sc=Deva|xs=Hindi}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hang}} * Italian: {{t+|it|suono|m}} * Japanese: {{t+|ja|音|tr=oto|sc=Jpan}} * Kurdish: *: Sorani: {{t-|ku|ده‌نگ|tr=dang|sc=ku-Arab}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: [[skaņa]] {{f}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|dźwięk|m}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|звук|m|tr=zvuk|sc=Cyrl}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|स्वर|m|tr=svára|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t-|sa|शब्द|m|tr=śabda|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|ध्वन्|m|tr=dhvan|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|नाद|m|tr=nāda|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scots]]: [[soun]] * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|fuaim|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|son|m}} * [[Telugu]]: {{t|te|శబ్దం|sc=Telu}} (Sabdam), {{t|te|ధ్వని|sc=Telu}} (dhvani), {{t|te|సవ్వడి|sc=Telu}} (savvaDi) * Thai: {{t|th|เสียง|sc=Thai|xs=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|ses}} * Urdu: {{ur-Arab|[[آواز]]}} [[aavaaz]] {{f}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|vibration capable of causing this}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|ձայն|tr=jayn|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}, {{t|hy|հնչյուն|tr=hnčyun|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|zvuk|m}} * Danish: {{t-|da|lyd|c}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|ääni}} * French: {{t+|fr|son|m}} * Hindi: {{t-|hi|ध्वनी|f|sc=Deva|xs=Hindi}}, {{t-|hi|आवाज़|f|sc=Deva|xs=Hindi}} * Hungarian: {{t|hu|hangzás}} * Italian: {{t+|it|suono|m}} * Japanese: {{t+|ja|音|tr=oto|sc=Jpan}} * Latvian: [[skaņa]] {{f}} {{trans-mid}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|dźwięk|m}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|звук|m|tr=zvuk|sc=Cyrl}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|स्वर|m|tr=svára|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t-|sa|शब्द|m|tr=śabda|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|ध्वन्|m|tr=dhvan|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|नाद|m|tr=nāda|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scots]]: [[soun]] * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|fuaim|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * [[Telugu]]: {{t|te|శబ్దం|sc=Telu}} (Sabdam), {{t|te|ధ్వని|sc=Telu}} (dhvani), {{t|te|సవ్వడి|sc=Telu}} (savvaDi) * Urdu: {{ur-Arab|[[آواز]]}} [[aavaaz]] {{f}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Arabic}}: {{Arab|[[صوت]]}} {{IPAchar|(ʂaut)}} * {{ttbc|Afrikaans}}: [[klank]] * {{ttbc|Bosnian}}: [[zvuk#Bosnian|zvuk]] {{m}} * {{ttbc|Bulgarian}}: [[звук#Bulgarian|звук]] (zvuk) {{m}} * {{ttbc|Catalan}}: [[so#Catalan|so]] {{m}} * {{ttbc|Chinese}}: [[聲音]], [[声音]] (shēngyīn) * {{ttbc|Croatian}}: [[zvuk#Croatian|zvuk]] {{m}} * {{ttbc|Dutch}}: [[geluid]] {{n}}, [[klank]] {{m}}, [[toon]] {{m}} * {{ttbc|Esperanto}}: [[sono]] * {{ttbc|German}}: [[Schall]] {{m}} ''(the physical phenomenon)'', [[Klang]] {{m}}, [[Geräusch]] {{n}}, [[Ton]] {{m}}, [[Laut]] {{m}} ''(of speech)'' * {{ttbc|Greek}}: [[ήχος]] {{m}} * {{ttbc|Greenlandic}}: [[nipi]] * {{ttbc|Guaraní}}: [[pu]] * {{ttbc|Hebrew}}: [[קול]] (kol) * {{ttbc|Icelandic}}: [[hljóð]] {{n}} (1) * {{ttbc|Ido}}: [[sono]] * {{ttbc|Indonesian}}: [[bunyi]] * {{ttbc|Interlingua}}: [[sono]] {{trans-mid}} * {{ttbc|Italian}}: [[suono]] {{m}} * {{ttbc|Korean}}: [[소리]] (sori) * {{ttbc|Lithuanian}}: [[garsas]] {{m}} * {{ttbc|Northern Sami}}: [[jietna]] * {{ttbc|Persian}}: {{fa-Arab|[[صدا]]}} (seda) * {{ttbc|Portuguese}}: [[som]] {{m}} * {{ttbc|Romanian}}: [[sunet]] {{n}} * {{ttbc|Serbian}}: *: Cyrillic: [[звук#Serbian|звук]] {{m}} *: Roman: [[zvuk#Serbian|zvuk]] {{m}} * {{ttbc|Slovene}}: [[zvok]] {{m}}, [[glas]] {{m}} * {{ttbc|Spanish}}: [[sonido]] {{m}} * {{ttbc|Swedish}}: [[ljud]] {{n}} * {{ttbc|Tagalog}}: [[tinig]] * {{ttbc|Tupinambá}}: [[pu]] * {{ttbc|Turkish}}: [[ses]], [[seda]], [[avaz]] {{trans-bottom}} =====See also===== * [[audible]] ====Verb==== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To produce a sound. #: ''When the horn '''sounds''', be careful.'' # {{intransitive|copulative}} To convey an impression by one's sound. #: ''He '''sounded''' good when we last spoke.'' # {{intransitive|legal}} To [[arise]] or to be recognizable as arising within a particular area of law. #* {{quote-book |year=1999 |author=Supreme Court of the United States |title=City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Montery, Ltd. et al. |url=http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/97-1235.ZS.html |passage=[T]here can be no doubt that claims brought pursuant to § 1983 '''sound''' in tort.}} # {{transitive}} To cause to produce a sound. #: ''He '''sounds''' the instrument.'' # {{phonetics}} To pronounce a [[vowel]] or a [[consonant]]. #: ''The "e" in "house" isn't '''sounded'''. =====Synonyms===== * {{sense|to make noise}}[[echo]], [[reecho]], [[resonate]] * See also [[Wikisaurus:sound]] =====Derived terms===== {{der-top}} * [[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]] {{der-mid}} * [[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]] {{der-bottom}} =====Translations===== {{trans-top|to produce a sound}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[صوت]]}} {{IPAchar|(ʂáwata)}} * Bulgarian: [[прозвучавам]] (prozvučavam), [[издавам]] [[звук]] (izdavam zvuk) * Czech: {{t-|cs|znít}} * Danish: {{t-|da|lyde}} * Dutch: [[klinken]], [[geluid maken]], [[toon voortbrengen]] * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|soni|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: [[soida]], [[äännähtää]], [[tuottaa]] [[ääni|ääntä]] * French: {{t+|fr|sonner}} * German: {{t+|de|klingen}}, {{t-|de|erklingen}} * [[Guaraní]]: [[pu]] * Hebrew: [[להשמיע קול]] (li-hashmia kol) * Icelandic: {{t+|is|hljóma}}, {{t-|is|hljóða}} * [[Interlingua]]: [[sonar]] * Italian: {{t+|it|suonare}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|鳴る|tr=naru|sc=Jpan}} * Korean: [[소리]]가 [[나다]] (soriga nada) * Kurdish: *: Sorani: {{t|ku|ده‌نگ دان|tr=dang dAn|sc=ku-Arab}} * Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[صدا دادن]]}} (seda dadan) * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|soar}} * Russian: [[звучать]] (zvučát’) * Slovene: [[zveneti]]/[[zazveneti]] * Spanish: {{t-|es|sonar}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|sauti}} * Swedish: {{t-|sv|ljuda}}, {{t+|sv|låta}} * [[Telugu]]: {{t|te|మోగు|sc=Telu}} (mOgu), {{t|te|ధ్వనించు|sc=Telu}} (dhvaninchu) * [[Tupinambá]]: [[pu]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to state or utter, especially with deliberation; to repeat}} * Danish: {{t+|da|udtale}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to cause to produce a sound}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|rozeznít}}, {{t-|cs|rozezvučet}} * Danish: [[lade]] [[lyde]] * Finnish: [[soittaa]], [[tuottaa]] [[ääni|ääntä]] {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|鳴らす|tr=narasu|sc=Jpan}} * Korean: [[소리]]를 [[내다]] (sorireul naeda) * [[Telugu]]: {{t|te|మోగించు|sc=Telu}} (mOginchu), {{t|te|ధ్వనించు|sc=Telu}} (dhvaninchu) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|law: to arise}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|関係する|tr=kankē suru|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to pronounce}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|vyslovovat}} {{trans-mid}} * French: {{t+|fr|prononcer}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Spanish}}: [[sondear]] {{trans-bottom}} ===Etymology 3=== {{etyl|ang}} ''[[sund]]'' ====Noun==== {{en-noun}} # {{geography}}: Long narrow [[inlet]]. (Puget Sound, Owen Sound, etc.) =====Translations===== {{trans-top|long narrow inlet}} * Danish: {{t-|da|sund|n}} * Finnish: [[lahti]], [[vuono]] (fjord) {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|入り江|tr=irie|sc=Jpan}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|пролив|m|tr=prolív|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|канал|m|tr=kanál|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Etymology 4=== {{etyl|enm|en}} {{term|sounden||lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|fro}} {{term|sonder|lang=fro}}, from {{term|sonde||lang=fro|sounding line}} of Germanic origin, cf. O.E. {{term|sundgyrd||lang=ang|a sounding rod}}, {{term|sundline||lang=ang|a sounding line}}, O.E. {{term|sund||lang=ang|water", "sea}}. More at [[#Etymology 3|Etymology 3 above]] ====Verb==== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}}: [[dive]] downwards, used of a [[whale]]. #: ''The whale '''sounded''' and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.'' # {{transitive}}: [[probe]] # [[test]] =====Translations===== {{trans-top|to dive downwards, of a whale}} * Danish: [[dykke]] (ned) * Finnish: {{t+|fi|sukeltaa}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|潜る|tr=moguru|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to probe}} * Danish: [[lodde]], [[sondere]], [[pejle]] * Finnish: {{t+|fi|tutkia}}, {{t-|fi|kokeilla}}, {{t-|fi|sondeerata}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t-|ja|調べる|tr=shiraberu|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|探る|tr=saguru|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to test}} * Danish: [[pejle]], [[prøve]] * Finnish: {{t+|fi|testata}}, {{t-|fi|koestaa}} {{trans-mid}} * French: {{t+|fr|tester}} * Japanese: {{t-|ja|調べる|tr=shiraberu|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-bottom}} ====Noun==== {{en-noun}} # A [[probe]] (e.g. a surgeon's tool) =====Translations===== {{trans-top|a probe}} * Danish: {{t-|da|sonde|c}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|koetin}} {{trans-mid}} * French: {{t+|fr|sonde|f}} * Japanese: {{t-|ja|探子|tr=tanshi|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Etymology 5=== most likely from a slighty altered usage of Etymology 1 ====Adjective==== {{en-adj|er}} # [[sound asleep]]; quietly resting, [[sleep]]ing peacefully; [[undisturbed]] =====Related terms===== * [[safe and sound]] * [[soundly]] =====Translations===== {{trans-see|sound asleep}} [[Category:200 English basic words]] [[Category:Sound]] ---- ==Italian== ===Etymology=== {{etyl|en|it}} ===Noun=== {{infl|it|noun}} {{m|inv}} # [[#English|sound]] [[ang:sound]] [[ar:sound]] [[zh-min-nan:sound]] [[ca:sound]] [[de:sound]] [[el:sound]] [[es:sound]] [[fa:sound]] [[fr:sound]] [[ko:sound]] [[io:sound]] [[id:sound]] [[it:sound]] [[kk:sound]] [[ku:sound]] [[lo:sound]] [[hu:sound]] [[nl:sound]] [[ja:sound]] [[no:sound]] [[pl:sound]] [[pt:sound]] [[ru:sound]] [[simple:sound]] [[sr:sound]] [[fi:sound]] [[sv:sound]] [[ta:sound]] [[te:sound]] [[th:sound]] [[tr:sound]] [[vi:sound]] [[zh:sound]]