sonar

See also: Sonar, SONAR, sónar, and soñar

English

Etymology

From SONAR, acronym from sound navigation and ranging. Coined by American scientist Frederick Vinton Hunt in the 1940s.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sonar (plural sonars)

1. (nautical) echolocation
2. (nautical) A device that uses hydrophones (in the same manner as radar) to locate objects underwater.

Synonyms

• SONAR (acronym of sound navigation and ranging)

Derived terms

• Doppler sonar

Translations

device

• Arabic: سُونار m (sūnār)
• Armenian: սոնար (sonar), ջրատեղորոշիչ (ǰrateġorošičʻ)
• Catalan: sonar (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聲納／声纳 (zh) (shēngnà), 声纳 (zh) (shēngnà)

• Esperanto: sonaro
• Finnish: kaikuluotain, ääniluotain, kaikuluotaus (fi)
• French: sonar (fr) m
• German: Sonar n
• Greek: βυθομέτρου (vythométrou)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: ómsjá f, sónar m
• Italian: idrofono m
• Japanese: 音波水中探知機 (onpa suichū tanchi-ki)
• Korean: 음파 탐지기 (eumpa tamjigi)
• Portuguese: sonar (pt) m
• Russian: гидролока́тор (ru) m (gidrolokátor), сона́р (ru) m (sonár)
• Spanish: sónar m
• Tagalog: sonar
• Thai: โซนาร์ (soo-nâa)

See also

• radar
• lidar
• sodar

Anagrams

• Rasŏn, arson, orans, roans, saron, sorna

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From , from Latin sonāre, present active infinitive of sonō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swen- (“to sound, resound”).

Verb

sonar (first-person singular present sono, first-person singular preterite soní, past participle sonat)

1. to sound, to make a sound
2. to ring, to buzz

Related terms

• resonar
• so

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sonar.

Noun

sonar m (uncountable)

1. sonar

Further reading

• “sonar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sonar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “sonar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sonar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English sonar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoː.nɑr/
• Hyphenation: so‧nar
• Rhymes: -oːnɑr

Noun

sonar m (plural sonars)

1. sonar

Derived terms

• grondsonar
• sonarapparaat
• sonarapparatuur
• sonarhut
• sonarsignaal
• sonarsysteem
• sonarvis

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English sonar.

Noun

sonar m (plural sonars)

1. sonar

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Icelandic

Noun

1. indefinite genitive singular of sonur

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Ido

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Esperanto soni (“to sound”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French sonner, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian suonare, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish sonar, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sonō (“to make a noise”).

Verb

sonar (present tense sonas, past tense sonis, future tense sonos, imperative sonez, conditional sonus)

1. to ring

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sonar

		present		past		future
infinitive		sonar		sonir		sonor
tense		sonas		sonis		sonos
conditional		sonus
imperative		sonez
adjective active participle		sonanta		soninta		sononta
adverbial active participle		sonante		soninte		sononte
nominal active participle	singular	sonanto		soninto		sononto
	plural	sonanti		soninti		sononti
adjective passive participle		sonata		sonita		sonota
adverbial passive participle		sonate		sonite		sonote
nominal passive participle	singular	sonato		sonito		sonoto
	plural	sonati		soniti		sonoti

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Occitan

Pronunciation

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Verb

sonar

1. to call (to name or refer to)

   Synonyms: cridar, apelar

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		sonar			aver sonat
gerund		sonant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		sonat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	soni	sonas	sona	sonam	sonatz	sonan
	imperfect	sonavi	sonavas	sonava	sonàvem	sonàvetz	sonavan
	preterite	sonèri	sonères	sonèt	sonèrem	sonèretz	sonèron
	future	sonarai	sonaràs	sonarà	sonarem	sonaretz	sonaràn
	conditional	sonariái	sonariás	sonariá	sonariam	sonariatz	sonarián
	conditional 2nd form1	sonèra	sonèras	sonèra	soneram	soneratz	sonèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	sone	sones	sone	sonem	sonetz	sonen
	imperfect	sonèssi	sonèsses	sonèsse	sonèssem	sonèssetz	sonèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			sona		sonem	sonatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		sonar			aver sonat
gerund		sonant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		sonat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	sone	sones	sona	sonam	sonatz	sonon
	imperfect	sonave	sonaves	sonava	sonaviam	sonaviatz	sonavon
	preterite	sonere	soneres	sonet	sonem	sonetz	soneron
	future	sonarai	sonaràs	sonará	sonarem	sonaretz	sonarán
	conditional	sonariá	sonariás	sonariá	sonariam	sonariatz	sonarián
	conditional 2nd form1	sonèra	sonèras	sonèra	soneram	soneratz	sonèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	sone	sones	sone	sonassiam	sonassiatz	sonon
	imperfect	sonesse	sonesses	sonesse	sonessiam	sonessiatz	sonesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			sona		sonassiam	sonatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		sonar			aver sonat
gerund		sonant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		sonat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	soni	sonas	sona	sonam	sonatz	sonan
	imperfect	sonavi	sonavas	sonava	sonàvam	sonàvatz	sonavan
	preterite	sonèi	sonès	sonè	sonèm	sonètz	sonèn
	future	sonarèi	sonaràs	sonarà	sonaram	sonaratz	sonaràn
	conditional	sonarí	sonarés	sonaré	sonarem	sonaretz	sonarén
	conditional 2nd form1	sonèra	sonèras	sonèra	soneram	soneratz	sonèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	soni	sones	sone	sonem	sonetz	sonen
	imperfect	sonèssi	sonèsses	sonèsse	sonèssem	sonèssetz	sonèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			sona		sonem	sonatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		sonar			aver sonat
gerund		sonant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		sonat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	sone	sonas	sona	sonam	sonatz	sonan
	imperfect	sonava	sonavas	sonava	sonàvam	sonàvatz	sonavan
	preterite	sonei	soneras	sonet	sonèram	sonèratz	soneran
	future	sonarai	sonaràs	sonará	sonarem	sonaretz	sonarán
	conditional	sonariá	sonariàs	sonariá	sonariam	sonariatz	sonarián
	conditional 2nd form1	sonèra	sonèras	sonèra	soneram	soneratz	sonèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	sone	sones	sone	sonem	sonetz	sonen
	imperfect	sonèsse	sonèsses	sonèsse	sonèssem	sonèssetz	sonèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			sona		sonem	sonatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		sonar			aver sonat
gerund		sonant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		sonat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	sone	sones	sona	sonam	sonatz	sonan
	imperfect	sonavi	sonavas	sonava	sonàvem	sonàvetz	sonavan
	preterite	sonère	sonères	sonèt	soneriam	soneriatz	sonèron
	future	sonarai	sonaràs	sonarà	sonarem	sonaretz	sonaràn
	conditional	sonariáu	sonariás	sonariá	sonariam	sonariatz	sonarián
	conditional 2nd form1	sonèra	sonèras	sonèra	soneram	soneratz	sonèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	sone	sones	sone	sonem	sonetz	sonan
	imperfect	sonèsse	sonèsses	sonèsse	sonessiam	sonessiatz	sonèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			sona		sonem	sonatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English sonar.

Noun

sonar m (plural sonares)

1. (nautical) sonar (technique and device that uses sound propagation to detect underwater objects)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sonar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǒnaːr/
• Hyphenation: so‧nar

Noun

sònār m (Cyrillic spelling со̀на̄р)

1. sonar

Declension

Declension of sonar

	singular	plural
nominative	sònār	sonari
genitive	sonára	sonara
dative	sonaru	sonarima
accusative	sonar	sonare
vocative	sonare	sonari
locative	sonaru	sonarima
instrumental	sonarom	sonarima

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈnaɾ/ [soˈnaɾ]

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish sonar, from Latin sonāre, present active infinitive of sonō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swen- (“to sound, resound”).

Verb

1. to sound, to ring
2. (figuratively) to ring a bell, to be familiar

   Me suena el nombre, pero no lo ubico.

   His name rings a bell but I can't place him.

3. (transitive, reflexive, figuratively) to blow one's nose

   Despues de estornudar, me soné la nariz.

   After I sneezed, I blew my nose.

Derived terms

• sonadero
• sonador
• sonante
• sonar la flauta

 

Related terms

• resonar
• son
• sonaja
• sonido
• sonoro

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sonar.

Noun

sonar m (plural sonares)

1. sonar (a device that uses hydrophones to locate objects underwater)

Alternative forms

• sónar

Further reading

• “sonar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Verb

sonar

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of sona.

Anagrams

• Arons, nosar, sorna

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin sonāre, present active infinitive of sonō. Compare Italian suonare.

Verb

sonar

1. (transitive) to play, sound

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of sonar (first conjugation)

infinitive	sonar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		sonando
past participle		sonà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	sono	(te) soni	(el/ła) sona	sonémo, sonòn	soné	(i/łe) sona
imperfect	sonava	(te) sonavi	(el/ła) sonava	sonàvimo	sonavi	(i/łe) sonava
future	sonarò	(te) sonarè	(el/ła) sonarà	sonarémo	sonarè	(i/łe) sonarà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	sonarìa	(te) sonarisi	(el/ła) sonarìa	sonarìsimo	sonarisi	(i/łe) sonarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	sone, sona	(te) soni	(el/ła) sone, (el/ła) sona	sonémo, sonone	soné	(i/łe) sone, (i/łe) sona
imperfect	sonase	(te) sonasi	(el/ła) sonase	sonàsimo	sonasi	(i/łe) sonase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) sona	(el/ła) sona, (el/ła) sone	sonémo	soné	(i/łe) sona, (i/łe) sone