sone

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sone"

English

Etymology

From Latin sonus (“sound”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /soʊn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səʊn/
• Rhymes: -əʊn
• Homophones: Saône, sewn, sown

Noun

sone (plural sones)

1. (acoustics) a subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz sound that has an intensity 40 decibels above the listener's own threshold of hearing
2. Obsolete spelling of son.
   • 1651, William Bradford, The names of those which came over first, in the year 1620, and were (by the blessing of God) the first beginners, and (in a sort) the foundation, of all the plantations, and Colonies, in New England (And their families).:

     Francis Eaton, and Sarah his wife, and Samuel their sone, a yong child.

Translations

unit of loudness

• Czech: son (cs) m
• Russian: сон (ru) m (son)

Anagrams

• ENSO, Enos, NEOs, Neso, eons, neos, noes, nose, one's, ones

German

Alternative forms

• so'ne, sonne

Etymology

The usage of this term for plurals stems from the similarity or identity of female singular and (gender unspecific) plural declensions in German grammar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔnə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Homophone: Sonne
• IPA^(key): /ˈzoːnə/

Pronoun

sone

1. (colloquial) contraction of so +‎ eine; nominative/accusative feminine singular of son, which is an alternative form of so'n
2. Ungrammatical alternative form of solch in plural.

Ladin

Noun

sone m (plural soni)

1. (Badiot) potato

   ciamp de soni ― potato field

Alternative forms

• patat (Gherdëina)
• pom de tera, patat (Fascian)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɔ.nɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɔː.ne]

Noun

sone

1. vocative singular of sonus

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sew-?

Proto-Indo-European *sewH-

Proto-Indo-European *suHnús

Proto-Germanic *sunuz

Proto-West Germanic *sunu

Old Dutch *sunu, suno

Middle Dutch sone

From Old Dutch *sunu, suno, from Proto-West Germanic *sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Noun

sōne m

1. son

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	sōne	sōne
accusative	sōne	sōne
genitive	sōons	sōne
dative	sōne	sōnen

Weak masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	sōne	sōnen
accusative	sōne	sōnen
genitive	sōnen	sōnen
dative	sōne	sōnen

Alternative forms

• suene

Derived terms

• adelsone
• erfsone
• godessone
• godsone
• magedensone
• moedersone
• oomssone
• papensone
• riddersone
• schoonsone
• soonlijc
• soonlike
• soonschap
• soonskint
• soonssone
• soonswijf
• stiefsone
• sustersone
• voestersone

Descendants

• Dutch: zoon
  • Afrikaans: seun
  • Jersey Dutch: zőn
• Limburgish: zoon, zoean
• West Flemish: zeune

Further reading

• “sone (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “sone (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English sunu, from Proto-West Germanic *sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Alternative forms

• sune, sun, sonn, sonne, son

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsun(ə)/

Noun

sone (plural sones)

2. son
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Joon ·i· 5:21, folio 115, verso, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     mi litle ſones kepe ȝe ȝou fro mawmetis

     My little children, keep yourselves from idols.

Related terms

• godsone
• horesone
• sone in lawe
• sonely
• stepsone

Descendants

• English: son
• Scots: son

References

• “sǒne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English sōna, in turn from Proto-West Germanic *sān(ō).

Alternative forms

• zone (Kent)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoːn(ə)/
• Rhymes: -oːn(ə)

Adverb

sone

1. soon

Descendants

• English: soon
• Scots: sone, sune, schone
• Yola: zoon, soon

References

• “sọ̄ne, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Noun

sone

1. alternative form of sonne (“sun”)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Turkish suna (“drake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soːˈnɛ/

Noun

sone m or f

1. duck, drake

   Synonyms: miravî, werdek

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “sone”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[2], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 558

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle, belt”).

Noun

sone f or m (definite singular sona or sonen, indefinite plural soner, definite plural sonene)

1. zone

Derived terms

• eurosone
• faresone
• flyforbudssone
• gråsone
• klimasone
• tidssone

References

• “sone” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle, belt”).

Noun

sone f (definite singular sona, indefinite plural soner, definite plural sonene)

1. zone

Derived terms

• eurosone
• faresone
• gråsone
• klimasone
• tidssone

References

• “sone” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Ternate

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *soneŋ (“to die”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈso.ne]

Verb

sone

1. (stative) to be dead
2. (intransitive) to die

Conjugation

Conjugation of sone

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tosone	fosone	misone
2nd person		nosone	nisone
3rd person	masculine	osone	isone yosone (archaic)
	feminine	mosone
	neuter	isone

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sonnet.

Noun

sone (definite accusative soneyi, plural soneler)

1. sonnet

Declension

Declension of sone

singular plural nominative sone soneler definite accusative soneyi soneleri dative soneye sonelere locative sonede sonelerde ablative soneden sonelerden genitive sonenin sonelerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular sonem sonelerim 2nd singular sonen sonelerin 3rd singular sonesi soneleri 1st plural sonemiz sonelerimiz 2nd plural soneniz soneleriniz 3rd plural soneleri soneleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular sonemi sonelerimi 2nd singular soneni sonelerini 3rd singular sonesini sonelerini 1st plural sonemizi sonelerimizi 2nd plural sonenizi sonelerinizi 3rd plural sonelerini sonelerini dative singular plural 1st singular soneme sonelerime 2nd singular sonene sonelerine 3rd singular sonesine sonelerine 1st plural sonemize sonelerimize 2nd plural sonenize sonelerinize 3rd plural sonelerine sonelerine locative singular plural 1st singular sonemde sonelerimde 2nd singular sonende sonelerinde 3rd singular sonesinde sonelerinde 1st plural sonemizde sonelerimizde 2nd plural sonenizde sonelerinizde 3rd plural sonelerinde sonelerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular sonemden sonelerimden 2nd singular sonenden sonelerinden 3rd singular sonesinden sonelerinden 1st plural sonemizden sonelerimizden 2nd plural sonenizden sonelerinizden 3rd plural sonelerinden sonelerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular sonemin sonelerimin 2nd singular sonenin sonelerinin 3rd singular sonesinin sonelerinin 1st plural sonemizin sonelerimizin 2nd plural sonenizin sonelerinizin 3rd plural sonelerinin sonelerinin

Volapük

Noun

sone

1. dative singular of son