clangor

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklæŋ(ɡ)ɚ/
  • (æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈkleɪ̯ŋ(ɡ)ɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: clan‧gor

Noun

clangor (countable and uncountable, plural clangors)

1. Canada, US standard spelling of clangour.

Derived terms

• clangorous

Verb

clangor (third-person singular simple present clangors, present participle clangoring, simple past and past participle clangored)

1. Canada, US standard spelling of clangour.

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin clangō

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Italic *-ōs

Latin -or

Latin clangor

From clangō + -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɫaŋ.ɡɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈklaŋ.ɡor]

Noun

clangor m (genitive clangōris); third declension

1. clang, crash, noise

   Synonyms: strepitus, clāmor, fragor

2. blast (of a trumpet)
3. sound (of a horn)
4. cry (of a bird)
5. bark (of a dog)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	clangor	clangōrēs
genitive	clangōris	clangōrum
dative	clangōrī	clangōribus
accusative	clangōrem	clangōrēs
ablative	clangōre	clangōribus
vocative	clangor	clangōrēs

Descendants

• → English: clangour, clangor
• → French: clangueur
• → Italian: clangore
• → Portuguese: clangor

References

• “clangor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “clangor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “clangor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin clangō

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Italic *-ōs

Latin -or

Latin clangorbor.

Portuguese clangor

Borrowed from Latin clangor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /klɐ̃ˈɡoʁ/ [klɐ̃ˈɡoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /klɐ̃ˈɡoʁ/ [klɐ̃ˈɡoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /klɐ̃ˈɡoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /klɐ̃ˈɡoʁ/ [klɐ̃ˈɡoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /klɐ̃ˈɡoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /klɐ̃ˈɡoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /klɐ̃ˈɡoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /klɐ̃ˈɡo.ɾi/

• Rhymes: -oʁ, -oɾ
• Hyphenation: clan‧gor

Noun

clangor m (plural clangores)

1. clang, clangour

Derived terms

• clangorar
• clangoroso

Further reading

• “clangor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “clangor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026