"sonorous" meaning in English

See sonorous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɒn.əɹ.əs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɑːn.ɚ.əs/ [US], /ˈsoʊ.nə.ɹəs/ [US] Audio: en-us-sonorous.ogg Forms: more sonorous [comparative], most sonorous [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sonōrus, from sonor (“sound”), early 17th century. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|sonōrus}} Borrowed from Latin sonōrus 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 /铿锵 (kēngqiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), sointuva (Finnish), soinnikas (Finnish), ponguru (Maori), sonor (Norwegian Bokmål), sonor (Norwegian Nynorsk), 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): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 28 30 19 Disambiguation of 'giving out a deep, resonant sound': 65 20 7 8 Disambiguation of 'capable of giving out a deep resonant sound': 80 11 4 5
  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 Bokmål), sonor (Norwegian Nynorsk), 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Yakut translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 39 18 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 28 30 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 42 9 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 40 17 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 37 28 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 36 27 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 22 36 21 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 21 40 25 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 21 37 25 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 25 47 17 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 22 36 28 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 22 39 25 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 24 36 27 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 40 25 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Yakut translations: 21 40 25 14 Disambiguation of 'full of sound and rich, as in language or verse': 8 84 4 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): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 28 30 19 Disambiguation of 'wordy, grandiloquent': 12 15 66 7 Disambiguation of 'wordy or grandiloquent': 5 7 85 3
  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): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 28 30 19 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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          "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.",
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          "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.",
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          "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.",
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          "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.",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zvučen",
      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "word": "звучен"
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      "roman": "kēngqiāng",
      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "word": "鏗鏘 /铿锵"
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      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "word": "sointuva"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
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      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "word": "ponguru"
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      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "word": "sonor"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
      "word": "sonor"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "capable of giving out a deep resonant sound",
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      "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"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zvǎnǎk",
      "sense": "full of sound and rich, as in language or verse",
      "word": "звънък"
    },
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "melodičen",
      "sense": "full of sound and rich, as in language or verse",
      "word": "мелодичен"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "full of sound and rich, as in language or verse",
      "word": "sointuva"
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      "sense": "full of sound and rich, as in language or verse",
      "word": "sonor"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "full of sound and rich, as in language or verse",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dźwięczny"
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      "sense": "full of sound and rich, as in language or verse",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "зву́чный"
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      "roman": "visokoparen",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wordy or grandiloquent",
      "word": "mahtipontinen"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wordy or grandiloquent",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "górnolotny"
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}

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