sone

See also: Sone, SONE, soné, soñe, so'ne, and soñé

English

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

Anagrams

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

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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

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

Pronoun

sone

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

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) sone

1. vocative singular of sonus

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

sōne m

1. son

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• suene

Descendants

• Dutch: zoon
  • Afrikaans: seun
• 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

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English 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

Related terms

• horesone
• sone in lawe

Descendants

• English: son
• Scots: son

Etymology 2

From Old English sōna, in turn from Proto-Germanic *sēna.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

sone

1. soon

Descendants

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

Etymology 3

From Old English sunne.

Noun

sone

1. Alternative form of sonne

References

• “sonne (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 June 2018.

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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. a zone

Derived terms

Terms derived from sone

• eurosone
• faresone

• flyforbudssone
• gråsone

• klimasone
• tidssone

References

• “sone” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. a zone

Derived terms

Terms derived from sone

• eurosone
• faresone

• gråsone
• klimasone

• tidssone

References

• “sone” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Volapük

Noun

sone

1. dative singular of son