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sound

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English

Wikipedia has an article on: Sound (disambiguation)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Old English gesund (“safe", "whole", "healthy”); cognate with German gesund

Adjective

sound (comparative sounder, superlative soundest)

  1. Healthy.
    He was safe and sound.
  2. Complete, solid, or secure.
    Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.
  3. (mathematics, logic) (argument, logical system) having the soundness property.
    • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii
      With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get […]
  4. (UK, slang) Good or a good thing.
    "How are you?" - "I'm sound."
    That's a sound track you're playing.
Derived terms
terms derived from sound (adjective)
Translations
healthy
  • Norwegian: sunn (no), frisk (no)
  • Persian: تندرست (fa) (tandorost)
  • Portuguese: são (pt) m., sã (pt) f.
  • Romanian: sănătos (ro) m. and n., nevătămat (ro) m. and n., teafăr (ro) m. and n., zdravăn (ro) m. and n.
  • Russian: здоровый (ru) (zdoróvyj), крепкий (ru) (krépkij)
  • Swedish: kry (sv), frisk (sv), sund (sv)
  • Turkish: sağlıklı (tr)
  • Volapük: saunik (vo)
complete, solid, or secure
UK, slang: good or a good thing
  • Danish: fornuftig (da)
  • Finnish: kondiksessa (fi)
  • Japanese: please add this translation if you can
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  • Bulgarian: здрав (zdrav) m.
  • Dutch: gezond
  • Esperanto: sana
  • French: sain
  • Guaraní: esãi (h-)
  • Hebrew: בריא ושלם (baría ve shalam)

Interjection

sound

  1. (UK, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
    "I found my jacket." - "Sound."

Etymology 2

Wikipedia has an article on: Sound

Wikipedia

Noun

sound (plural sounds)

  1. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
    Nobody made a sound.
    He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.
  2. A vibration capable of causing this.
  3. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc
Synonyms
Troponyms
Translations
sensation perceived by the ear
  • Latin: sonus (la), sonitus (la)
  • Latvian: skaņa f.
  • Norwegian: lyd (no) m.
    Nynorsk: lyd (nn) m., ljod (nn) m. and n.
  • Old Norse: hljóð
  • Persian: آوا (fa) (âvâ), صدا (fa) (sedâ)
  • Polish: dźwięk (pl) m.
  • Portuguese: som (pt)
  • Romanian: sunet (ro)
  • Russian: звук (ru) (zvuk) m.
  • Sanskrit: स्वर (sa) (svára) m., शब्द (sa) (śabda) m., ध्वन् (sa) (dhvan) m., नाद (sa) (nāda) m.
  • Scots: soun
  • Scottish Gaelic: fuaim (gd) m.
  • Spanish: sonido (es) m., son (es) m.,
  • Swedish: ljud (sv) n.
  • Tagalog: tunog (tl)
  • Tamil: ஒலி (ta) (oli)
  • Telugu: శబ్దం (te) (Sabdam), ధ్వని (te) (dhvani), సవ్వడి (te) (savvaDi)
  • Thai: เสียง (th)
  • Tibetan: སྒྲ (bo) (sgra)
  • Turkish: ses (tr)
  • Urdu: آواز aavaaz f.
  • Volapük: ton (vo)
  • West Frisian: lûd (fy)
vibration capable of causing this
  • Norwegian: lyd (no) m.
    Nynorsk: lyd (nn) m., ljod (nn) m. and n.
  • Polish: dźwięk (pl) m.
  • Portuguese: som (pt) m.
  • Russian: звук (ru) (zvuk) m.
  • Sanskrit: स्वर (sa) (svára) m., शब्द (sa) (śabda) m., ध्वन् (sa) (dhvan) m., नाद (sa) (nāda) m.
  • Scots: soun
  • Scottish Gaelic: fuaim (gd) m.
  • Swedish: ljud (sv) n.
  • Telugu: శబ్దం (te) (Sabdam), ధ్వని (te) (dhvani), సవ్వడి (te) (savvaDi)
  • Urdu: آواز aavaaz f.
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Verb

sound (third-person singular simple present sounds, present participle sounding, simple past and past participle sounded)

  1. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
    When the horn sounds, be careful.
  2. (intransitive, copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
    He sounded good when we last spoke.
  3. (intransitive, law) To arise or to be recognizable as arising within a particular area of law.
    • 1999, Supreme Court of the United States, City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Montery, Ltd. et al.[1]:
      [T]here can be no doubt that claims brought pursuant to § 1983 sound in tort.
  4. (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
    He sounds the instrument.
  5. (phonetics) To pronounce a vowel or a consonant.
    The "e" in "house" isn't sounded.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
to produce a sound
  • Japanese: 鳴る (ja) (なる, naru)
  • Korean: 소리가 나다 (soriga nada)
  • Kurdish:
    Sorani: ده‌نگ دان (ku) (dang dAn)
  • Latin: sonō (la)
  • Persian: صدا دادن (fa) (seda dadan)
  • Portuguese: soar (pt)
  • Romanian: suna (ro)
  • Russian: звучать (ru) (zvučát’) impf., прозвучать (ru) (prozvučát’) pf.
  • Slovene: zveneti/zazveneti
  • Spanish: sonar (es), parecer (es)
  • Swahili: sauti (sw)
  • Swedish: ljuda (sv), låta (sv)
  • Telugu: మోగు (te) (mOgu), ధ్వనించు (te) (dhvaninchu)
  • Tupinambá: pu
to state or utter, especially with deliberation; to repeat
to cause to produce a sound
  • Japanese: 鳴らす (ja) (narasu)
  • Korean: 소리를 내다 (sorireul naeda)
  • Telugu: మోగించు (te) (mOginchu), ధ్వనించు (te) (dhvaninchu)
law: to arise
  • Japanese: 関係する (ja) (kankē suru)
to pronounce
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Etymology 3

Old English sund

Noun

sound (plural sounds)

Wikipedia has an article on: Sound (geography)

Wikipedia

  1. (geography): Long narrow inlet. (Puget Sound, Owen Sound, etc.)
Translations
long narrow inlet
  • Danish: sund (da) n.
  • Finnish: lahti, vuono (fjord)
  • German: Sund (de)
  • Greek: πορθμός (el) (porthmós) m.
  • Icelandic: sund (is) n.
  • Irish: sunda (ga) m., caolas (ga) m., béal (ga) m., bealach (ga) m.
  • Japanese: 入り江 (ja) (irie)

Etymology 4

Middle English sounden, from Old French sonder, from sonde (“sounding line”) of Germanic origin, compare O.E. sundgyrd (“a sounding rod”), sundline (“a sounding line”), O.E. sund (“water", "sea”). More at Etymology 3 above

Verb

sound (third-person singular simple present sounds, present participle sounding, simple past and past participle sounded)

  1. (intransitive) dive downwards, used of a whale.
    The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.
  2. (transitive) probe
    When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.
  3. test
    Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope
Translations
to dive downwards, of a whale
  • Danish: dykke (da) (ned)
  • Finnish: sukeltaa (fi)
  • Japanese: 潜る (ja) (moguru)
to probe
  • Greek: ακροώμαι (el) (akroómai)
  • Japanese: 調べる (ja) (shiraberu), 探る (ja) (saguru)
  • Spanish: sondear (es)
to test
  • Danish: pejle (da), prøve (da)
  • Finnish: testata (fi), koestaa (fi) (in general); luodata (fi) (nautical: to measure the depth of water)
  • French: tester (fr)
  • Greek: βολιδοσκοπώ (el) (volidoskopó)
  • Japanese: 調べる (ja) (shiraberu)

Noun

sound (plural sounds)

  1. A probe (e.g. a surgeon's tool)
Translations
a probe

Etymology 5

most likely from a slighty altered usage of Etymology 1

Adjective

sound (comparative sounder, superlative soundest)

  1. sound asleep; quietly resting, sleeping peacefully; undisturbed
Related terms
Translations
sound asleep — see sound asleep

Statistics

Italian

Etymology

From English

Noun

sound m. inv.

  1. (music) sound (distinctive style and sonority)

 

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