"Sony" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈsoʊni/ [Canada, US]
Rhymes: -oʊni Etymology: A combination of Latin sonus (“sound”) and sonny (“boy”, diminutive). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|sonus||sound}} Latin sonus (“sound”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sony
  1. (trademark) An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan. Wikidata QID: Q41187 Derived forms: Sony pony Translations (An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan): سُونِي (sōni) [feminine] (Arabic), সনি (śoni) (Bengali), Со́ни (Sóni) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 索尼 (Suǒní) (Chinese Mandarin), Sony (Estonian), Sony (Finnish), Sony (French), Σόνι (Sóni) (Greek), סוני (soni) (Hebrew), सोनी (sonī) (Hindi), ソニー (Sonī) (Japanese), សូនី (Sonī) (Khmer), 소니 (Soni) (Korean), सोनी (sonī) [feminine] (Marathi), سونی (soni) (Persian), Sony [neuter] (Polish), Sony [feminine] (Portuguese), Со́ни (Sóni) [masculine] (Russian), Сони [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Sony (Spanish), โซนี่ (sohnêe) (Thai), Sony (Turkish), سونی (sonī) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-Sony-en-name-en:Q41187 Categories (other): English trademarks

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsoʊni/ [Canada, US] Forms: Sonys [plural]
Rhymes: -oʊni Etymology: A combination of Latin sonus (“sound”) and sonny (“boy”, diminutive). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|sonus||sound}} Latin sonus (“sound”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} Sony (plural Sonys)
  1. A device produced by Sony. Translations (device produced by Sony): Sony [feminine, masculine, neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-Sony-en-noun-en:device Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 22 78

Proper name [German]

IPA: /ˈzoːni/, /ˈsoːni/, /ˈsɔʊ̯ni/ Forms: Sonys [genitive]
Head templates: {{de-proper noun|n}} Sony n (proper noun, strong, genitive Sonys)
  1. (trademark) Sony (an international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan) Tags: neuter, proper-noun, strong
    Sense id: en-Sony-de-name-02~RG93U Categories (other): German trademarks, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈzoːni/, /ˈsoːni/, /ˈsɔʊ̯ni/ Forms: Sonys [genitive], Sony [genitive], Sonys [plural], Sony [plural]
Head templates: {{de-noun|m:n:f,,(s)}} Sony m or n or f (strong, genitive Sonys or Sony, plural Sonys or Sony)
  1. Sony (a device produced by Sony) Tags: feminine, masculine, neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Sony-de-noun-tvuH7bD8 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Proper name [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˈsõ.ni/ [Brazil], /ˈsõ.ni/ [Brazil], /ˈso.ni/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˈsɔ.ni/ [Portugal]
Rhymes: -ɔni, (Brazil) -õni Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English Sony. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pt|en|Sony}} Unadapted borrowing from English Sony Head templates: {{head|pt|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} Sony f, {{pt-proper noun|f}} Sony f
  1. (trademark) Sony (an international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan) Wikipedia link: pt:Sony Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Sony-pt-name-02~RG93U Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese trademarks

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Sony meaning in All languages combined (12.2kB)

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