From Middle English sound, sund, isund, ȝesund, from Old English sund (“sound, safe, whole, uninjured, healthy, prosperous”), from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundaz (“healthy”), merged with synonymous Old English ġesund, from Proto-West Germanic *gasund.
Cognate with Scots sound, soun (“healthy, sound”), Saterland Frisian suund, gesuund (“healthy”), West Frisian sûn (“healthy”), Dutch gezond (“healthy, sound”), Low German sund, gesund (“healthy”), German gesund (“healthy, sound”), Danish sund (“healthy”), Swedish sund (“sound, healthy”). Possibly related also to Dutch gezwind (“fast, quick”), German geschwind (“fast, quick”), Old English swīþ (“strong, mighty, powerful, active, severe, violent”). See swith.
Meanings
Healthy.
He was safe and sound.
on the 29th of September 1840, in consideration that the plaintiff, at the request of the defendant, had bought of the defendant a certain horse, at a certain price, to wit, 30l., the defendant promised plaintiff that the horse did not exceed five years off, and that it was sound in wind and limb, perfect in vision, and free from vice; […] 1842 May 30, “Roscorla v. Thomas”, in Montagu[e] Chambers, editor, The Law Journal Reports for the Year 1842, volumes XX (New Series – volume XI, part II), London: E. B. Ince, 5 Quality Court, Chancery Lane, →OCLC, pages 214–215:
In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.
Complete, solid, or secure.
Refurbishing Okehampton station, kept basically sound under ownership by Devon Council, remains a work in progress and scheduled for completion next spring. 2021 November 17, Andrew Mourant, “Okehampton: a new dawn for Dartmoor”, in Rail, number 944, page 43:
Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.
The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, / And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound. 1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:
Having the property of soundness.
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[…] 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
(Ireland, UK, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
How are you? —I'm sound.
See that man over there? He's sound. You should get to know him.
That's a sound track you're playing.
(of sleep) Quiet and deep.
a sound night’s sleep
Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, and often deeply.
Her sleep was sound.
Heavy; laid on with force.
a sound beating
Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
a sound title to land
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Deriveds
sound as a roach (terms derived from sound (adjective)) · of sound mind (terms derived from sound (adjective)) · safe and sound (terms derived from sound (adjective)) · sound as a barrel (terms derived from sound (adjective)) · sound as a dollar (terms derived from sound (adjective)) · sound as a bell (terms derived from sound (adjective)) · soundness (terms derived from sound (adjective)) · sound mind (terms derived from sound (adjective)) · sound as a pound (terms derived from sound (adjective)) · soundly (terms derived from sound (adjective))
ar سليم (healthy) · pt completo (complete, solid, or secure) · bg здрав (healthy) · tr iyi (UK, slang: good or a good thing) · da fornuftig (UK, slang: good or a good thing) · ro complet (complete, solid, or secure) · mk цврст (complete, solid, or secure) · es sólido (complete, solid, or secure) · mk силен (healthy) · he יציב (complete, solid, or secure) · ro sănătos (healthy) · ca sòlid (complete, solid, or secure) · ja 健全な (healthy) · pl zdrowy (healthy) · id lelap (deep and restful of sleep) · nl gaaf (UK, slang: good or a good thing) · sa कल्य (healthy) · mi toiora (healthy) · da pålidelig (complete, solid, or secure) · ckb ساغ (healthy) · el υγιής (healthy) · es profundo (deep and restful of sleep) · ja 堅固な (complete, solid, or secure) · fr complet (complete, solid, or secure) · ro teafăr (healthy) · da sund (healthy) · fi sikeä (deep and restful of sleep) · de gesund (healthy) · ru хорошо́ (UK, slang: good or a good thing) · mk јак (healthy) · grc ὑγιής (healthy) · ckb سەلیم (healthy) · ko 건전하다 (healthy) · ru надёжный (complete, solid, or secure) · ru кре́пкий (healthy) · it sano (healthy) · fr solide (complete, solid, or secure) · ro nevătămat (healthy) · fr sûr (complete, solid, or secure) · ru про́чный (complete, solid, or secure) · fi terve (complete, solid, or secure) · sv frisk (healthy) · hu sértetlen (complete, solid, or secure) · es sano (healthy) · he בריא (healthy) · ro solid (complete, solid, or secure) · el αβλαβής (healthy) · cs zdravý (healthy) · mi au (deep and restful of sleep) · bg добър (UK, slang: good or a good thing) · pt sólido (complete, solid, or secure) · sv kry (healthy) · cmn 健康 (healthy) · nl degelijk (complete, solid, or secure) · pl głęboki (deep and restful of sleep) · nb frisk (healthy) · fi kondiksessa (UK, slang: good or a good thing) · hu hibátlan (complete, solid, or secure) · got 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (healthy) · ca sa (healthy) · fr profond (deep and restful of sleep) · nb sunn (healthy) · la sanus (healthy) · da sikker (complete, solid, or secure) · mk здрав (healthy) · it solido (complete, solid, or secure) · fi terve (healthy) · pl zdrowy (deep and restful of sleep) · ko 건강하다 (healthy) · io sana (healthy) · nl gezond (healthy) · ro robust (complete, solid, or secure) · no grei (UK, slang: good or a good thing) · nb karsk (healthy) · hu egészséges (healthy) · su tibra (deep and restful of sleep) · cs solidní (complete, solid, or secure) · it profondo (deep and restful of sleep) · pt seguro (complete, solid, or secure) · ja 健康な (healthy) · tr sağlıklı (healthy) · ro intact (complete, solid, or secure) · fi hyväkuntoinen (healthy) · bg дълбок (deep and restful of sleep) · hu ép (complete, solid, or secure) · ru здоро́вый (healthy) · ja 手堅い (complete, solid, or secure) · pt são (healthy) · no stødig (complete, solid, or secure) · mi whakaau (deep and restful of sleep) · id nyenyak (deep and restful of sleep) · bg непокъ́тнат (complete, solid, or secure) · mk силен (complete, solid, or secure) · sv sund (healthy) · fi hyväkuntoinen (complete, solid, or secure) · ro zdravăn (healthy) · da rask (healthy) · pl solidny (complete, solid, or secure) · gl san (healthy) · hi स्वस्थ (healthy) · pt profundo (deep and restful of sleep) · fa تندرست (healthy) · ga sámh (deep and restful of sleep) · hu ép (healthy) · ro sigur (complete, solid, or secure) · da solid (complete, solid, or secure) · ja 健全な (complete, solid, or secure) · it sicuro (complete, solid, or secure) · fr sain (healthy) · ru кре́пкий (complete, solid, or secure) · vo saunik (healthy) · bn সুস্থ (healthy)
sound en · ADV · etymology 1
Pronunciation
[ˈsæʊ̯nd] Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australia, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting
/ˈsaːnd/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
[ˈsaːnd] Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
From Middle English sound, sund, isund, ȝesund, from Old English sund (“sound, safe, whole, uninjured, healthy, prosperous”), from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundaz (“healthy”), merged with synonymous Old English ġesund, from Proto-West Germanic *gasund.
Cognate with Scots sound, soun (“healthy, sound”), Saterland Frisian suund, gesuund (“healthy”), West Frisian sûn (“healthy”), Dutch gezond (“healthy, sound”), Low German sund, gesund (“healthy”), German gesund (“healthy, sound”), Danish sund (“healthy”), Swedish sund (“sound, healthy”). Possibly related also to Dutch gezwind (“fast, quick”), German geschwind (“fast, quick”), Old English swīþ (“strong, mighty, powerful, active, severe, violent”). See swith.
Meanings
Soundly.
So ſound he ſlept, that nought mought him awake. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 42:
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sound en · INTJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
[ˈsæʊ̯nd] Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australia, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting
/ˈsaːnd/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
[ˈsaːnd] Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
From Middle English sound, sund, isund, ȝesund, from Old English sund (“sound, safe, whole, uninjured, healthy, prosperous”), from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundaz (“healthy”), merged with synonymous Old English ġesund, from Proto-West Germanic *gasund.
Cognate with Scots sound, soun (“healthy, sound”), Saterland Frisian suund, gesuund (“healthy”), West Frisian sûn (“healthy”), Dutch gezond (“healthy, sound”), Low German sund, gesund (“healthy”), German gesund (“healthy, sound”), Danish sund (“healthy”), Swedish sund (“sound, healthy”). Possibly related also to Dutch gezwind (“fast, quick”), German geschwind (“fast, quick”), Old English swīþ (“strong, mighty, powerful, active, severe, violent”). See swith.
Meanings
(Ireland, UK, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding.
I found my jacket. — Sound.
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sound en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
[ˈsæʊ̯nd] Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australia, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting
/ˈsaːnd/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
[ˈsaːnd] Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
* Noun: from Middle English sownde, alteration of soun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sun, soun, Old French son, from accusative of Latin sonus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”).
* Verb: from Middle English sownden, sounen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suner, sounder, Old French soner (modern sonner), from Latin sonō.
* The hypercorrect -d appears in the fifteenth century. (Compare dialectal drownd, gownd for the same development.)
Displaced native Middle English swei, from Old English swēġ, from Proto-Germanic *swōgiz.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) 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.
The warlike sound / Of trumpets loud and clarions. 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
Through all the Worlds are sounds, the noises of moving, and the echoes of voices and song; but upon the River is no sound ever heard, for there all echoes die. 1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 88:
(countable, uncountable) A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.[…]. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts. 1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01:
In trumpets for assisting the hearing, all reverbation of the trumpet must be avoided. It must be made thick, of the least elastic materials, and covered with cloth externally. For all reverbation lasts for a short time, and produces new sounds which mix with those which are coming in. 1820, Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 6th edition, volume 20, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, page 501:
(countable, uncountable) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
He looks like he's got it, maybe. Listen to those kids!/There's no maybe about it. That's it, that's the sound. 1954, Valentine Davies et al., The Glenn Miller Story:
(countable, uncountable) Noise without meaning; empty noise.
For let us conſider this Prepoſition as to its meaning, (for it is the ſence, and not ſound, that is and muſt be the Principle or common Notion) […] 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “Of Power”, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I, § 18, page 23:
(countable, uncountable) Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
Stay within the sound of my voice.
(countable, uncountable) A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound.
yo ìró (sensation perceived by the ear) · hi स्वर (sensation perceived by the ear) · nb lyd (vibration capable of causing this) · crh davuş (sensation perceived by the ear) · da lyd (vibration capable of causing this) · eu soinu (sensation perceived by the ear) · ko 소리 (sensation perceived by the ear) · ps آواز (sensation perceived by the ear) · af klank (sensation perceived by the ear) · mn ᠳᠠᠭᠤ (sensation perceived by the ear) · nn lyd (sensation perceived by the ear) · mnc ᠠᠰᡠᡴᡳ (sensation perceived by the ear) · cv сасӑ (sensation perceived by the ear) · jv swara (sensation perceived by the ear) · tt тавыш (sensation perceived by the ear) · dsb zuk (sensation perceived by the ear) · grc ἦχος (sensation perceived by the ear) · lv skaņa (vibration capable of causing this) · ckb دەنگ (sensation perceived by the ear) · sq tingull (vibration capable of causing this) · ur آواز (sensation perceived by the ear) · id bunyi (sensation perceived by the ear) · za hing (sensation perceived by the ear) · alt табыш (sensation perceived by the ear) · kmr deng (sensation perceived by the ear) · kac nsen (sensation perceived by the ear) · sa स्वर (vibration capable of causing this) · ur نِدا (sensation perceived by the ear) · rsk звук (sensation perceived by the ear) · pt som (sensation perceived by the ear) · rue звук (sensation perceived by the ear) · oc son (sensation perceived by the ear) · os зӕл (sensation perceived by the ear) · zh йин (sensation perceived by the ear) · to ongo (sensation perceived by the ear) · bn ধ্বনি (sensation perceived by the ear) · zh 音聲 /音声 (sensation perceived by the ear) · ca so (vibration capable of causing this) · ru звук (sensation perceived by the ear) · ty haruru (sensation perceived by the ear) · non hljóð (sensation perceived by the ear) · myv гайге (sensation perceived by the ear) · eve иг (sensation perceived by the ear) · de Schall (vibration capable of causing this) · it suono (vibration capable of causing this) · ko 음 (sensation perceived by the ear) · yue 聲音 /声音 (sensation perceived by the ear) · te సవ్వడి (vibration capable of causing this) · mfe son (sensation perceived by the ear) · rm tun (sensation perceived by the ear) · lo ສຽງ (sensation perceived by the ear) · eu hots (sensation perceived by the ear) · mi koto (sensation perceived by the ear) · sv ljud (vibration capable of causing this) · gug tyapu (sensation perceived by the ear) · mn дуу (sensation perceived by the ear) · fy lûd (sensation perceived by the ear) · mr ध्वनी (sensation perceived by the ear) · hy ձայն (vibration capable of causing this) · ky тыбыш (sensation perceived by the ear) · ta சத்தம் (sensation perceived by the ear) · nb lyd (sensation perceived by the ear) · hy ձայն (sensation perceived by the ear) · uz ovoz (sensation perceived by the ear) · sa शब्द (vibration capable of causing this) · ps غږ (sensation perceived by the ear) · tg садо (sensation perceived by the ear) · fa آواز (sensation perceived by the ear) · nn lyd (vibration capable of causing this) · ps صوت (sensation perceived by the ear) · sco soun (sensation perceived by the ear) · ms bunyi (sensation perceived by the ear) · scn sonu (sensation perceived by the ear) · jje 소리 (sensation perceived by the ear) · ur آواز (vibration capable of causing this) · ta ஒலி (sensation perceived by the ear) · ltg skons (sensation perceived by the ear) · ug ئاۋاز (sensation perceived by the ear) · uz tovush (sensation perceived by the ear) · zh щён (sensation perceived by the ear) · gl son (sensation perceived by the ear) · cjy 聲音 /声音 (sensation perceived by the ear) · da lyd (sensation perceived by the ear) · ky дабыш (sensation perceived by the ear) · mi oro (sensation perceived by the ear) · gd fuaim (sensation perceived by the ear) · pt som (vibration capable of causing this) · hu hangzás (vibration capable of causing this) · te శబ్దం (sensation perceived by the ear) · zh 聲 /声 (sensation perceived by the ear) · cy sŵn (sensation perceived by the ear) · gu ધ્વનિ (sensation perceived by the ear) · gug pu (sensation perceived by the ear) · sl zvok (sensation perceived by the ear) · tpw pu (sensation perceived by the ear) · de Klang (sensation perceived by the ear) · bg звук (sensation perceived by the ear) · ar صوت (sensation perceived by the ear) · te ధ్వని (vibration capable of causing this) · mr आवाज (sensation perceived by the ear) · jv uni (sensation perceived by the ear) · el ήχος (vibration capable of causing this) · crh ses (sensation perceived by the ear) · sk zvuk (sensation perceived by the ear) · bal توار (sensation perceived by the ear) · nn ljod (sensation perceived by the ear) · fa صُوْت (sensation perceived by the ear) · nl geluid (sensation perceived by the ear) · tg овоз (sensation perceived by the ear) · la sonus (sensation perceived by the ear) · ang swēġ (sensation perceived by the ear) · es sonido (sensation perceived by the ear) · ja 音声 (sensation perceived by the ear) · zh 聲音 /声音 (sensation perceived by the ear) · hu hang (sensation perceived by the ear) · he הֶגֶה (sensation perceived by the ear) · grc ψόφος (sensation perceived by the ear) · ky добуш (sensation perceived by the ear) · kxd bungi (sensation perceived by the ear) · zh 聲音 /声音 (sensation perceived by the ear) · ce аз (sensation perceived by the ear) · ro sunet (sensation perceived by the ear) · mi hou (sensation perceived by the ear) · sh зву̑к (sensation perceived by the ear) · sa ध्वनि (sensation perceived by the ear) · et hääl (sensation perceived by the ear) · zu umsindo (sensation perceived by the ear) · am ድምጽ (sensation perceived by the ear) · is hljóð (sensation perceived by the ear) · my အသံ (sensation perceived by the ear) · bn আওয়াজ (sensation perceived by the ear) · sa शब्द (sensation perceived by the ear) · te శబ్దం (vibration capable of causing this) · hy հնչյուն (vibration capable of causing this) · ja 音 (sensation perceived by the ear) · ne ध्वनि (sensation perceived by the ear) · he קוֹל (sensation perceived by the ear) · sv ljud (sensation perceived by the ear) · zh шын (sensation perceived by the ear) · kxd bunyi (sensation perceived by the ear) · zh 聲 /声 (sensation perceived by the ear) · za yaem (sensation perceived by the ear) · bo སྒྲ (sensation perceived by the ear) · or ଶବ୍ଦ (sensation perceived by the ear) · yi קלאַנג (sensation perceived by the ear) · lt gar̃sas (sensation perceived by the ear) · fr son (sensation perceived by the ear) · io sono (sensation perceived by the ear) · txb weśeñño (sensation perceived by the ear) · inh оаз (sensation perceived by the ear) · pl dźwięk (sensation perceived by the ear) · yo ìró (speech sound) · sa घोष (sensation perceived by the ear) · vi tiếng (sensation perceived by the ear) · bn শব্দ (sensation perceived by the ear) · th เสียง (sensation perceived by the ear) · kaw swara (sensation perceived by the ear) · ar صوت (sensation perceived by the ear) · ur صَدا (sensation perceived by the ear) · nl klank (sensation perceived by the ear) · fa صَدَا (sensation perceived by the ear) · sco soun (vibration capable of causing this) · txb weśeñña (sensation perceived by the ear) · pa ਧੁਨੀ (sensation perceived by the ear) · hi आवाज़ (vibration capable of causing this) · rar ʻaruru (sensation perceived by the ear) · vo ton (sensation perceived by the ear) · eu sound (vibration capable of causing this) · ka ბგერა (vibration capable of causing this) · grc φθόγγος (sensation perceived by the ear) · ha amo (sensation perceived by the ear) · cdo 聲音 /声音 (sensation perceived by the ear) · hi ध्वनी (sensation perceived by the ear) · kaw uni (sensation perceived by the ear) · shn သဵင် (sensation perceived by the ear) · sa स्वर (sensation perceived by the ear) · cu звукъ (sensation perceived by the ear) · kn ಸ್ವಸ್ಥ (sensation perceived by the ear) · ti ድምጺ (sensation perceived by the ear) · ang swēġ (vibration capable of causing this) · de Schall (sensation perceived by the ear) · xh isandi (sensation perceived by the ear) · gl son (vibration capable of causing this) · mk звук (sensation perceived by the ear) · tr ses (sensation perceived by the ear) · fo ljóð (sensation perceived by the ear) · lv skaņa (sensation perceived by the ear) · el ήχος (sensation perceived by the ear) · kn ಶಬ್ದ (sensation perceived by the ear) · fi ääni (sensation perceived by the ear) · pa ਆਵਾਜ਼ (sensation perceived by the ear) · hi ध्वनी (vibration capable of causing this) · cs zvuk (sensation perceived by the ear) · ga fuaim (sensation perceived by the ear) · si සද්දෙ (sensation perceived by the ear) · rm sun (sensation perceived by the ear) · sa ध्वन् (vibration capable of causing this) · ja 音 (vibration capable of causing this) · lt gar̃sas (vibration capable of causing this) · uk звук (sensation perceived by the ear) · sa नाद (vibration capable of causing this) · xmf ხუმა (sensation perceived by the ear) · fur sun (sensation perceived by the ear) · pl fonia (vibration capable of causing this) · es sonido (vibration capable of causing this) · bcl tanog (sensation perceived by the ear) · rup son (roa-rup) (sensation perceived by the ear) · de Laut (sensation perceived by the ear) · fa صَوْت (sensation perceived by the ear) · mk глас (sensation perceived by the ear) · bg шум (sensation perceived by the ear) · szl klang (sensation perceived by the ear) · it suono (sensation perceived by the ear) · sco luid (sensation perceived by the ear) · ab абжьы (sensation perceived by the ear) · be гук (sensation perceived by the ear) · fa آوَاز (sensation perceived by the ear) · khb ᦵᦉᧂ (sensation perceived by the ear) · sh zvȗk (sensation perceived by the ear) · fi ääni (vibration capable of causing this) · ty ʻoto (sensation perceived by the ear) · ota سس (sensation perceived by the ear) · ru шум (sensation perceived by the ear) · nn ljod (vibration capable of causing this) · yue 聲 /声 (sensation perceived by the ear) · tk ses (sensation perceived by the ear) · te ధ్వని (sensation perceived by the ear) · ca so (sensation perceived by the ear) · sq zan (sensation perceived by the ear) · la sonor (sensation perceived by the ear) · hak 聲音 /声音 (sensation perceived by the ear) · fi äänne (speech sound) · cs zvuk (vibration capable of causing this) · kk дыбыс (sensation perceived by the ear) · ml ഒച്ച (sensation perceived by the ear) · fa صَدا (sensation perceived by the ear) · pl dźwięk (vibration capable of causing this) · ar صَوْت (sensation perceived by the ear) · as শব্দ (sensation perceived by the ear) · hi शब्द (sensation perceived by the ear) · tl tunog (sensation perceived by the ear) · uz savt (sensation perceived by the ear) · hi आवाज़ (sensation perceived by the ear) · ka ხმა (sensation perceived by the ear) · he שֵׁמַע (sensation perceived by the ear) · zh 響 /响 (sensation perceived by the ear) · sd آوازُ (sensation perceived by the ear) · sc sonu (sensation perceived by the ear) · eo sono (sensation perceived by the ear) · ru звук (vibration capable of causing this) · he צליל (sensation perceived by the ear) · ast son (sensation perceived by the ear) · as ধ্বনি (sensation perceived by the ear) · ur صَوت (sensation perceived by the ear) · mi hiere (sensation perceived by the ear) · inc-oas শবদ (sensation perceived by the ear) · ast soníu (sensation perceived by the ear) · evn иг (sensation perceived by the ear) · sa नाद (sensation perceived by the ear) · as আৱাজ (sensation perceived by the ear) · sq tingull (sensation perceived by the ear) · ia sono (sensation perceived by the ear) · ba тауыш (sensation perceived by the ear) · km សូរសំឡេង (sensation perceived by the ear) · fa صِدا (sensation perceived by the ear) · uz sado (sensation perceived by the ear) · csb zwãk (sensation perceived by the ear) · et heli (sensation perceived by the ear) · got 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌿𐍃 (sensation perceived by the ear) · sw sauti (sensation perceived by the ear) · fr son (vibration capable of causing this) · myv эне (sensation perceived by the ear) · la sonitus (sensation perceived by the ear) · osp son (sensation perceived by the ear) · gd fuaim (vibration capable of causing this) · co sonu (sensation perceived by the ear) · mk звук (vibration capable of causing this) · ug تاۋۇش (sensation perceived by the ear) · km សូរ (sensation perceived by the ear) · ja 響き (sensation perceived by the ear) · pl fonia (sensation perceived by the ear) · az səs (sensation perceived by the ear) · te సవ్వడి (sensation perceived by the ear) · gl soar (sensation perceived by the ear) · ne आवाज (sensation perceived by the ear) · de Grüüsch (sensation perceived by the ear) · sah тыас (sensation perceived by the ear) · tg савт (sensation perceived by the ear) · wuu 聲音 /声音 (sensation perceived by the ear) · km សំឡេង (sensation perceived by the ear) · hy հնչյուն (sensation perceived by the ear) · vi âm thanh (sensation perceived by the ear) · mi haruru (sensation perceived by the ear) · mt ħoss (sensation perceived by the ear)
* Noun: from Middle English sownde, alteration of soun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sun, soun, Old French son, from accusative of Latin sonus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”).
* Verb: from Middle English sownden, sounen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suner, sounder, Old French soner (modern sonner), from Latin sonō.
* The hypercorrect -d appears in the fifteenth century. (Compare dialectal drownd, gownd for the same development.)
Displaced native Middle English swei, from Old English swēġ, from Proto-Germanic *swōgiz.
Meanings
(intransitive) To produce a sound.
When the horn sounds, take cover.
(copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues! c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
That story sounds like a pack of lies!
He sounded good when we last spoke.
(intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
For from you ſounded out the worde of the Lord, not in Macedonia & in Achaia onely: but your faith alſo which is towarde God, ſpred abroade in all quarters, that we nede not to ſpeake any thing. 1560, [William Whittingham et al., transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. […] (the Geneva Bible), Geneva: […] Rouland Hall, →OCLC, I. Thessalonians I:8, folio 95, recto:
(intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
(intransitive, often, with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.
[…]there can be no doubt that claims brought pursuant to § 1983 sound in tort. 1999, Supreme Court of the United States, City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Montery, Ltd. et al.:
In my opinion this claim sounds in damages rather than in an injunction.
(transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
If a train enters the forward section before its description has been transmitted, a "not described" lamp is illuminated on the transmitter, an alarm buzzer is sounded, and the lamp remains alight until a description has been transmitted. 1955 March, “Train Describers at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 170:
Sound the alarm!
He sounds the instrument.
(of a vowel or consonant, transitive) To pronounce.
echo (to make noise) · reecho (to make noise) · resonate (to make noise)
Translations (152)
nl luiden (to cause to produce a sound) · sl zazveneti (to produce a sound) · he הָגָה (to pronounce) · zh 發 /发 (to pronounce) · it sembrare (to convey an impression by one's sound) · fi perustua (law: to arise) · gug mbopu (to produce a sound) · nl klinken (to produce a sound) · hu kiejt (to pronounce) · ru звуча́ть (to produce a sound) · ro suna (to produce a sound) · ko 소리를 내다 (to cause to produce a sound) · de lauten (to produce a sound) · hu hangjelzést ad (to cause to produce a sound) · te ధ్వనించు (to produce a sound) · ro suna (to convey an impression by one's sound) · fi törähtää (to produce a sound) · he השמיע קול (to produce a sound) · ca sonar (to produce a sound) · te ధ్వనించు (to cause to produce a sound) · cy swnio (to convey an impression by one's sound) · nb lyde (to produce a sound) · ja 鳴る (to produce a sound) · sv ljuda (to produce a sound) · he נִשְׁמַע (to convey an impression by one's sound) · yo dún (to produce a sound) · sc sonai (to produce a sound) · jje 울리다 (to produce a sound) · el ακούγομαι (to convey an impression by one's sound) · lt skambėti (to produce a sound) · zh 聽著 /听著 (to convey an impression by one's sound) · my မြည် (to produce a sound) · gl tocar (to cause to produce a sound) · es sonar (to produce a sound) · de erklingen (to produce a sound) · ko 울리다 (to produce a sound) · sh звучати (to produce a sound) · fi soittaa (to cause to produce a sound) · sk znieť (to produce a sound) · bg звуча (to convey an impression by one's sound) · ang swēġan (to convey an impression by one's sound) · ja 鳴らす (to cause to produce a sound) · hy հնչել (to produce a sound) · is hljóma (to produce a sound) · it suonare (to produce a sound) · fr sonner de (to cause to produce a sound) · az səslənmək (to convey an impression by one's sound) · lt leisti garsą (to produce a sound) · da lade lyde (to cause to produce a sound) · zh 發音 /发音 (to pronounce) · hu kimond (to pronounce) · te మోగు (to produce a sound) · cs znít (to produce a sound) · fi lausua (to pronounce) · nl doen klinken (to cause to produce a sound) · rm sondar (to produce a sound) · ru прозвуча́ть (to produce a sound) · fi kuulostaa (to convey an impression by one's sound) · gl soar (to pronounce) · he נִשְׁמַע (to produce a sound) · sv låta (to produce a sound) · hu megszólal (to produce a sound) · gl soar (to produce a sound) · hu megszólaltat (to cause to produce a sound) · de klingen (to produce a sound) · la cano (to produce a sound) · tpw pu (to produce a sound) · be гуча́ць (to produce a sound) · sh zvučati (to produce a sound) · ia sonar (to produce a sound) · it pronunciare (to pronounce) · fr prononcer (to pronounce) · el ηχώ (to convey an impression by one's sound) · pl wymawiać (to pronounce) · grc ἠχέω (to produce a sound) · mi whakatangi (to cause to produce a sound) · gl soar (to convey an impression by one's sound) · fi ääntää (to pronounce) · fi äännähtää (to produce a sound) · zh 聽來 /听来 (to convey an impression by one's sound) · pt soar (to convey an impression by one's sound) · uk звуча́ти (to produce a sound) · nl geluid maken (to produce a sound) · ru звуча́ть (to convey an impression by one's sound) · rup asun (to produce a sound) · ang swēġan (to produce a sound) · nl toon voortbrengen (to produce a sound) · zh 聼上去 (to convey an impression by one's sound) · dlm sonur (to produce a sound) · fr avoir l'air (to convey an impression by one's sound) · cs vyslovovat (to pronounce) · nl klinken (to convey an impression by one's sound) · ru издава́ть звук (to produce a sound) · bg произнасям (to pronounce) · pt soar (to produce a sound) · de klingen (to convey an impression by one's sound) · fr sonner (to produce a sound) · es sonar (to convey an impression by one's sound) · pt parecer (to convey an impression by one's sound) · is hljóða (to produce a sound) · bg прозвуча́вам (to produce a sound) · nl luiden (to produce a sound) · de aussprechen (to pronounce) · ar صَوَّتَ (to produce a sound) · ru изда́ть звук (to produce a sound) · ca sonar (to convey an impression by one's sound) · bg издавам звук (to produce a sound) · rm sunar (to produce a sound) · te మోగించు (to cause to produce a sound) · hu ejt (to pronounce) · fa صدا دادن (to produce a sound) · hu felhangzik (to produce a sound) · hu … hangja van (to convey an impression by one's sound) · sl zveneti (to produce a sound) · cs rozeznít (to cause to produce a sound) · sa स्वनति (to produce a sound) · pl brzmieć (to produce a sound) · zh 響 /响 (to produce a sound) · da lyde (to produce a sound) · hi ध्वनि (to produce a sound) · la sonō (to produce a sound) · pl dźwięczeć (to produce a sound) · bg звуча́ (to produce a sound) · ckb دەنگ دان (to produce a sound) · fur sunâ (to produce a sound) · fi päästää ääni (to produce a sound) · hy ձայն հանել (to produce a sound) · et helisema (to produce a sound) · lt skambėti (to convey an impression by one's sound) · az gəlmək (to convey an impression by one's sound) · fi soida (to produce a sound) · ms berbunyi (to produce a sound) · ga fuaimnigh (to convey an impression by one's sound) · mk звучи (to produce a sound) · ja 関係する (law: to arise) · oc sonar (to produce a sound) · vi kêu vang (to produce a sound) · da lyde (to convey an impression by one's sound) · ar طَلَّع صوت (to produce a sound) · sc sonare (to produce a sound) · az səslənmək (to produce a sound) · hu hangzik (to convey an impression by one's sound) · gug pu (to produce a sound) · hi स्वर (to pronounce) · zh 聽起來 /听起来 (to convey an impression by one's sound) · fi kajahtaa (to produce a sound) · he הִשְׁמִיעַ (to cause to produce a sound) · eo soni (to produce a sound) · hu hangzású (to convey an impression by one's sound) · hu felcsendül (to produce a sound) · cs rozezvučet (to cause to produce a sound) · mi nganga (to produce a sound)
sound en · NOUN · etymology 3
Pronunciation
[ˈsæʊ̯nd] Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australia, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting
/ˈsaːnd/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
[ˈsaːnd] Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
From Middle English sound, sund (“body of water; swimming; air bladder of a fish”), from Old English sund (“the power, capacity, or act of swimming; swimming; sea; ocean; water; sound; strait; channel”), Old Norse sund (“channel, inlet, strait”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming; sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem- (“swimming; sea”).
Cognate with Dutch zond (“sound; strait”), Danish sund (“sound; strait; channel”), Swedish sund (“sound; strait; channel”), Icelandic sund (“sound; strait; channel”), German Sund. Related to swim.
Meanings
A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
Puget Sound; Owen Sound; Long Island Sound
The Sound of Denmarke, where ships pay toll. 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:
The air bladder of a fish.
The head was chopped off, the belly opened, the liver set aside--sometimes along with the roe, sounds, throats, and other items. 1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 118:
From Middle English sounden, from Old French sonder, from sonde (“sounding line”) of Germanic origin, compare Old English sundgyrd (“a sounding rod”), sundline (“a sounding line”), Old English sund (“water, sea”). More at Etymology 3 above.
Meanings
A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde.
Most mild cases respond very nicely to such relatively simple office procedures as dilatations with sounds of increasing calibre, followed by the instillation of an ounce of 5 per cent argyrol in the bladder. 1951 January, Gordon W. Reynolds, “The Female Urethra and Chronic Urethritis”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 1, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 34:
mk сонда (long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals) · ja 探子 (long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals) · fi koetin (long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals) · ru зонд (long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals) · de Sonde (long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals) · he זונדה (long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals) · da sonde (long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals) · bg сонда (long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals) · es sonda (long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals) · fi sondi (long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals) · fr sonde (long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals) · el στηθοσκόπιο (long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals) · pt sonda (long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals)
sound en · VERB · etymology 4
Pronunciation
[ˈsæʊ̯nd] Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australia, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting
/ˈsaːnd/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
[ˈsaːnd] Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
From Middle English sounden, from Old French sonder, from sonde (“sounding line”) of Germanic origin, compare Old English sundgyrd (“a sounding rod”), sundline (“a sounding line”), Old English sund (“water, sea”). More at Etymology 3 above.
Meanings
(intransitive) Of a whale, to dive downwards.
The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.
To ascertain, or to try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
I was in Jeſt: / And by that offer meant to ſound your breaſt. 1665 (first performance), John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or, The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act IV, scene [i], page 40:
When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.
I've sounded my Numidians man by man. 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene iii, page 6:
Tell me moreouer, haſt thou ſounded him,/If he appeale the Duke on ancient malice,/Or worthily as a good ſubiect ſhould/On ſome knowne ground of treacherie in him. 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1:
To fathom or test; to ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.
As when the Sea-man […]/All fearefull foldes his ſailes, and ſounds the maine,/Lifting his prayers to the heauens for aid,/Againſt the terrour of the winds and waues. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:
To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.