wikipedia|Sound (disambiguation)
English

rank|clear|pretty|except|513|sound|didn't|natural|laid

Alternative spellings

soune (obsolete)
sowne (obsolete)

Pronunciation
IPA|/sa�nd/
SAMPA|/saUnd/
audio|en-us-sound.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-a�nd|-a�nd

Etymology 1
OE. sund.

Adjective
en-adj|sounder|soundest

1. healthy|Healthy.

#:He was safe and sound.

1. complete|Complete, solid, or secure.

#:Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.

1. context|British|slang Good or a good thing.

#: "How are you?" - "I'm sound."
#: That's a sound track you're playing.

Related terms
safe and sound
sound as a bell
soundly

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Russian: t-|ru|здо�ов�й|trzdoróvyj|scCyrl, t-|ru|к�епкий|trkrépkij|scCyrl
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trans-top|complete, solid, or secure
Danish: #Danish|solid, sikker, pålidelig
Finnish: t-|fi|hyväkuntoinen, t+|fi|terve
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Portuguese: t+|pt|completo|m, t-|pt|sólido|m, t+|pt|seguro|m
Russian: t-|ru|к�епкий|trkrépkij|scCyrl, t-|ru|п�о�н�й|trpró�nyj|scCyrl, t-|ru|над�жн�й|trnadjóžnyj|scCyrl
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trans-top|(UK, slang) good or a good thing
Danish: fornuftig
Finnish: t-|fi|kondiksessa
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Russian: t+|ru|�о�о�о|trxorošó|scCyrl
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ttbc|Bulgarian: зд�ав (zdrav) m
ttbc|Dutch: gezond
ttbc|Esperanto: sana
ttbc|French: sain
ttbc|German: gesund
ttbc|Guarani: esãi (h-)
ttbc|Hebrew: �ר�� �ש�� (baría ve shalam)
ttbc|Hungarian: egészséges
ttbc|Icelandic: heilbrigður (1), í lagi (1, 2), heill (1,2), öruggur (2)
ttbc|Interlingua: san
ttbc|Korean: 건�� [��-] (geonjeonhan)
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|سا�� (sâlem), FAchar|ت�درست (tandorost)
ttbc|Portuguese: são m, sã f
ttbc|Spanish: sano
ttbc|Swedish: sund, frisk
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Etymology 2
Noun: Anglo-Norman sun, soun, from Old (and modern) French son, from Latin sonus.
Verb: Anglo-Norman suner, Old French soner (modern sonner), from Latin sonare.
The euphonic -d appears in the fifteenth century.

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium. (He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.)

#:Nobody made a sound.

1. A vibration capable of causing this.

Latvian: ska�a f
Polish: t-|pl|dźwi�k|m
Russian: t+|ru|зв�к|m|trzvuk|scCyrl
Urdu: URchar|آ�از aavaaz f
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trans-top|vibration capable of causing this
Danish: lyd c
Finnish: t+|fi|ääni
Hindi: t-|hi|ध�वन�|f|scDeva|xsHindi, t-|hi|�वा�़|f|scDeva|xsHindi
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Latvian: ska�a f
Polish: t-|pl|dźwi�k|m
Russian: t+|ru|зв�к|m|trzvuk|scCyrl
Urdu: URchar|آ�از aavaaz f
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|ص�ت IPAchar|(�aut)
ttbc|Afrikaans: klank
ttbc|Bosnian: zvuk#Bosnian|zvuk m
ttbc|Bulgarian: зв�к#Bulgarian|зв�к (zvuk) m
ttbc|Catalan: so#Catalan|so m
ttbc|Chinese: ��, 声� (sh�ngyīn)
ttbc|Croatian: zvuk#Croatian|zvuk m
ttbc|Dutch: geluid n, klank m, toon m
ttbc|Esperanto: sono
ttbc|French: son#French|son m
ttbc|German: Schall m (the physical phenomenon), Klang m, Geräusch n, Ton m, Laut m (of speech)
ttbc|Greek: ή�ο� m
ttbc|Guarani: pu
ttbc|Hebrew: ק�� (kol)
ttbc|Hungarian: hang#Hungarian|hang
ttbc|Icelandic: hljóð n (1)
ttbc|Ido: sono
ttbc|Indonesian: bunyi
ttbc|Interlingua: sono
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ttbc|Italian: suono m
ttbc|Japanese: � (��, oto)
ttbc|Korean: �리 (sori)
ttbc|Lithuanian: garsas m
ttbc|Northern Sami: jietna
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|صدا (seda)
ttbc|Portuguese: som m
ttbc|Romanian: sunet n
ttbc|Scots: soond
ttbc|Serbian:
:ttbc|Cyrillic: зв�к#Serbian|зв�к m
:ttbc|Roman: zvuk#Serbian|zvuk m
ttbc|Slovene: zvok m, glas m
ttbc|Spanish: sonido m
ttbc|Swedish: ljud n
ttbc|Tagalog: tinig
ttbc|Tupinambá: pu
ttbc|Turkish: ses, seda, avaz
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See also
audible
noise
quiet
silence

Verb
en-verb

1. intransitive To produce a sound.

#:When the horn sounds, be careful.

1. rfex transitive To state or utter, especially with deliberation; to repeat.
2. transitive To cause to produce a sound.

#:He sounds the instrument.

1. intransitive law To arise or to be recognizable as arising within a particular area of law.

#:"[T]here can be no doubt that claims brought pursuant to § 1983 sound in tort."
#:-City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd., 526 U.S. 687, 709 (1999).

Related terms
sound hole
sound off
sounding board

Persian: FAchar|صدا داد� (seda dadan)
Portuguese: t+|pt|soar
Russian: зв��а�� (zvu�át�)
Slovene: zveneti/zazveneti
Spanish: t-|es|sonar
Swedish: t-|sv|ljuda, t+|sv|låta
Tupinambá: pu
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trans-top|to state or utter, especially with deliberation; to repeat
Danish: t-|da|udtale
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trans-top|to cause to produce a sound
Danish: lade lyde
Finnish: soittaa, tuottaa ääni|ääntä
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Korean: �리를 �� (sorireul naeda)
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ttbc|Spanish: sondear
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Etymology 3
OE. sund

Noun
en-noun

1. geography: Long narrow inlet. (Puget Sound, Owen Sound, etc.)

Translations
trans-top|long narrow inlet
Danish: t-|da|sund|n
Finnish: lahti, vuono (fjord)
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Russian: t-|ru|п�олив|m|trprolív|scCyrl, t-|ru|канал|m|trkanál|scCyrl
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Etymology 4
ME., ultimately from LL. subundare

Verb
en-verb

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.

1. transitive: probe
2. test

Translations
trans-top|to dive downwards, of a whale
Danish: dykke (ned)
Finnish: t+|fi|sukeltaa
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trans-top|to probe
Danish: lodde, sondere, pejle
Finnish: t+|fi|tutkia, t-|fi|kokeilla, t-|fi|sondeerata
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trans-top|to test
Danish: pejle, prøve
Finnish: t+|fi|testata, t-|fi|koestaa
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Noun
en-noun

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

Translations
trans-top|a probe
Danish: t-|da|sonde|c
Finnish: t-|fi|koetin
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Etymology 5
most likely from a slighty altered usage of Etymology 1

Adjective
en-adj|er

1. sound asleep; quietly resting, sleeping peacefully; undisturbed

Related terms
safe and sound
soundly

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