"sonorous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈsɒn.əɹ.əs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɑːn.ɚ.əs/ [US], /ˈsoʊ.nə.ɹəs/ [US] Audio: en-us-sonorous.ogg [US] Forms: more sonorous [comparative], most sonorous [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sonorus, from sonor (“sound”), early 17th century. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|sonorus}} Latin sonorus, {{m|la|sonor||sound}} sonor (“sound”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} sonorous (comparative more sonorous, superlative most sonorous)
  1. Capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound. Categories (topical): Sound Synonyms (giving out a deep, resonant sound): booming Translations (capable of giving out a deep resonant sound): звучен (zvučen) (Bulgarian), 鏗鏘 (Chinese Mandarin), 铿锵 (kēngqiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), sointuva (Finnish), soinnikas (Finnish), ponguru (Maori), sonor (Norwegian), donośny [masculine] (Polish), sunător (Romanian), sonor (Romanian), зву́чный (zvúčnyj) [masculine] (Russian), sonor (Swedish), этигэн (etigen) (Yakut)
    Sense id: en-sonorous-en-adj-0zkKGeRq Disambiguation of Sound: 51 49 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 29 29 18 Disambiguation of 'giving out a deep, resonant sound': 69 17 6 8 Disambiguation of 'capable of giving out a deep resonant sound': 83 9 3 4
  2. Full of sound and rich, as in language or verse. Categories (topical): Sound Translations (full of sound and rich, as in language or verse): звънък (zvǎnǎk) (Bulgarian), мелодичен (melodičen) (Bulgarian), sointuva (Finnish), sonor (Norwegian), dźwięczny [masculine] (Polish), зву́чный (zvúčnyj) [masculine] (Russian), sonor (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sonorous-en-adj-HTrrtY6i Disambiguation of Sound: 51 49 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 40 17 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 29 29 18 Disambiguation of 'full of sound and rich, as in language or verse': 6 86 3 4
  3. Wordy or grandiloquent. Synonyms (wordy, grandiloquent): prolix Translations (wordy or grandiloquent): високопарен (visokoparen) (Bulgarian), mahtipontinen (Finnish), ponteva (Finnish), górnolotny [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-sonorous-en-adj-23wjnZW0 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 29 29 18 Disambiguation of 'wordy, grandiloquent': 11 13 70 5 Disambiguation of 'wordy or grandiloquent': 5 6 87 2
  4. (linguistics, phonetics) Produced with a relatively open vocal tract and relatively little obstruction of airflow. Categories (topical): Linguistics, Phonetics
    Sense id: en-sonorous-en-adj--Nkje1FX Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 29 29 18 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: deep, euphonious, low, low-pitched Hyponyms: stentorian Related terms: sonorant, sonority, sonorously, sonorousness, sepulchral

Alternative forms

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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sonorous",
      "word": "euphonious"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sonorous",
      "word": "low"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sonorous",
      "word": "low-pitched"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sonorous",
      "word": "stentorian"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sonorant"
    },
    {
      "word": "sonority"
    },
    {
      "word": "sonorously"
    },
    {
      "word": "sonorousness"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sonorous",
      "word": "sepulchral"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The highlight of the hike was the sonorous cave, which produced a ringing echo from the hiker’s shouts.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1837, Thomas Carlyle, “Mercury de Breze”, in Henry Duff Traill, editor, The French Revolution, a History, the Bastille, volume 2, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, The Third Estate, page 162",
          "text": "The Oath is redacted ; pronounced aloud by President Bailly, — and indeed in such a sonorous tone, that the cloud of witnesses, even outdoors, hear it, and bellow response to it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound."
      ],
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          "deep"
        ],
        [
          "resonant",
          "resonant"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was selected to give the opening speech thanks to his imposing, sonorous voice.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1761, Joseph Addison, The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq., Birmingham: John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson, →OCLC, pages 32–33",
          "text": "For this reason the Italian opera seldom sinks into a poorness of language, but, amidst all the meanness and familiarity of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1859 July 25, Edward Everett, “Rufus Choate. Tributes to the Memory of the Hon. Rufus Choate”, in The New York Times, page 2",
          "text": "There is nothing of the artificial Johnsonian balance in his style. It is as often marked by a pregnant brevity as by a sonorous amplitude.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1945 May and June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 152",
          "text": "When the right-away was given, Driver Gibson would give a sonorous blast on Cardean's deep-toned hooter, and amid a flurry of swirling steam the train would move majestically out, with nearly half the city of Carlisle—or so it would appear—as onlookers on the platform.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Full of sound and rich, as in language or verse."
      ],
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          "rich"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ],
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          "verse",
          "verse"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Wordy or grandiloquent."
      ],
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          "Wordy",
          "wordy"
        ],
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          "grandiloquent",
          "grandiloquent"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2001, Michael Dobrovolsky, “Phonetics: The Sounds of Language”, in William O'Grady, John Archibald, Mark Aronoff, Janie Rees-Miller, editors, Contemporary Linguistics, page 21",
          "text": "Vowels are more sonorous (acoustically powerful) than consonants, and so we perceive them as louder and lasting longer.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Produced with a relatively open vocal tract and relatively little obstruction of airflow."
      ],
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          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
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          "phonetics",
          "phonetics"
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        ]
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      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "phonetics",
        "phonology",
        "sciences"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɒn.əɹ.əs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɑːn.ɚ.əs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsoʊ.nə.ɹəs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/En-us-sonorous.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "sonoral"
    },
    {
      "sense": "giving out a deep, resonant sound",
      "word": "booming"
    },
    {
      "word": "canorous"
    },
    {
      "sense": "wordy, grandiloquent",
      "word": "prolix"
    },
    {
      "word": "sesquipedalian"
    },
    {
      "word": "verbose"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "sonourous"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sonorous",
      "word": "boom-boom"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sonorous",
      "word": "orotund"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sonorous",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "remugient"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sonorous",
      "word": "resonant"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sonorous",
      "word": "resounding"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sonorous",
      "word": "reverberant"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sonorous",
      "word": "rotund"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sonorous",
      "word": "sonorous"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sonorous",
      "word": "tympanic"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sonorous",
      "word": "vibrant"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zvučen",
      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "word": "звучен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "word": "鏗鏘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kēngqiāng",
      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "word": "铿锵"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "word": "sointuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "word": "soinnikas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "word": "ponguru"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "word": "sonor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "donośny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "word": "sunător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "word": "sonor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zvúčnyj",
      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зву́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "word": "sonor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "etigen",
      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "word": "этигэн"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zvǎnǎk",
      "sense": "full of sound and rich, as in language or verse",
      "word": "звънък"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "melodičen",
      "sense": "full of sound and rich, as in language or verse",
      "word": "мелодичен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "full of sound and rich, as in language or verse",
      "word": "sointuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "full of sound and rich, as in language or verse",
      "word": "sonor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "full of sound and rich, as in language or verse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dźwięczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zvúčnyj",
      "sense": "full of sound and rich, as in language or verse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зву́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "full of sound and rich, as in language or verse",
      "word": "sonor"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "visokoparen",
      "sense": "wordy or grandiloquent",
      "word": "високопарен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wordy or grandiloquent",
      "word": "mahtipontinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wordy or grandiloquent",
      "word": "ponteva"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "wordy or grandiloquent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "górnolotny"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sonorous"
}

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