clangour

English

WOTD – 12 January 2012    

Alternative forms

• clangor (US, Canadian)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈklæŋəɹ/, /ˈklæŋɡəɹ/; X-SAMPA: /"kl{N@r/, /"kl{Ng@r/
• Rhymes: -æŋə(r), -æŋɡə(r)

Noun

clangour (plural clangours)

1. (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

• clangorous
• clangorously

Translations

a loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din

• Finnish: kalina (fi), kolina (fi)
• German: Schall (de) m, Getöse (de) n

• Russian: бряцание (ru) (brjacanije) n, лязг (ru) (ljazg) m
• Spanish: estruendo (es)

Verb

clangour (third-person singular simple present clangours, present participle clangouring, simple past and past participle clangoured)

1. (UK, Canada) To make a clanging sound.
   • 1924, Jim Tully, Beggars of Life: A Hobo Autobiography, page 67:

     It clangoured through the house like a bell in a tomb.

Translations

to make a clanging sound

• Finnish: kajahdella (fi)

• Russian: бряцать (ru) (brjacatʹ) n, лязгать (ru) (ljazgatʹ) n, лязгнуть (ru) (ljazgnutʹ)