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Etymology 1

Old English gesund (“‘safe", "whole", "healthy’”)

Adjective

sound (comparative sounder, superlative soundest)

Positive sound

Comparative sounder

Superlative soundest
  1. Healthy.
    He was safe and sound.
  2. Complete, solid, or secure.
    Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.
  3. (British, slang) Good or a good thing.
    "How are you?" - "I'm sound."
    That's a sound track you're playing.
Derived terms
terms derived from sound (adjective)
Translations
healthy
  • Kurdish:
  • Norwegian: sunn no(no), frisk no(no)
    Sorani: ساغ ku(ku) (sAgh), سه‌لیم ku(ku) (saleem)
  • Russian: здоровый ru(ru) (zdoróvyj), крепкий ru(ru) (krépkij)
  • Turkish: sağlıklı tr(tr)
complete, solid, or secure
  • Japanese: 健全な ja(ja) (kenzen), 堅固な ja(ja) (kenko)
  • Norwegian: stødig no(no)
  • Portuguese: completo pt(pt) m., sólido pt(pt) m., seguro pt(pt) m.
  • Russian: крепкий ru(ru) (krépkij), прочный ru(ru) (próčnyj), надёжный ru(ru) (nadjóžnyj)
UK, slang: good or a good thing
  • Danish: fornuftig
  • Finnish: kondiksessa fi(fi)
  • Japanese: please add this translation if you can
  • Norwegian: grei no(no)
  • Russian: хорошо ru(ru) (xorošó)
  • Turkish: iyi tr(tr)
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  • Bulgarian: здрав (zdrav) m.
  • Dutch: gezond
  • Esperanto: sana
  • French: sain
  • Guaraní: esãi (h-)
  • Hebrew: בריא ושלם (baría ve shalam)

Etymology 2

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Noun

Singular sound

Plural sounds

sound (plural sounds)

  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.
  2. A vibration capable of causing this.
Synonyms
Troponyms
Translations
sensation perceived by the ear
  • Albanian: tingull sq(sq) m.
  • Arabic: صوت ar(ar) (Sawt) m.
  • Armenian: ձայն hy(hy) (jayn), հնչյուն hy(hy) (hnčyun)
  • Catalan: so ca(ca)
  • Crimean Tatar: davuş, ses
  • Czech: zvuk cs(cs) m.
  • Danish: lyd da(da) c.
  • Esperanto: sono eo(eo)
  • Finnish: ääni fi(fi)
  • French: son fr(fr) m.
  • German: Klang de(de) m.
  • Hindi: ध्वनी hi(hi) f., आवाज़ hi(hi) f.
  • Hungarian: hang hu(hu)
  • Italian: suono it(it) m.
  • Japanese: 音 ja(ja) (oto)
  • Kurdish:
    Sorani: ده‌نگ ku(ku) (dang)
  • Latvian: skaņa f.
  • Polish: dźwięk pl(pl) m.
  • Russian: звук ru(ru) (zvuk) m.
  • Sanskrit: स्वर sa(sa) (svára) m., शब्द sa(sa) (śabda) m., ध्वन् sa(sa) (dhvan) m., नाद sa(sa) (nāda) m.
  • Scots: soun
  • Scottish Gaelic: fuaim gd(gd) m.
  • Spanish: sonido es(es) m., son es(es) m.,
  • Telugu: శబ్దం te(te) (Sabdam), ధ్వని te(te) (dhvani), సవ్వడి te(te) (savvaDi)
  • Thai: เสียง th(th)
  • Turkish: ses tr(tr)
  • Urdu: آواز aavaaz f.
vibration capable of causing this
  • Albanian: tingull sq(sq) m.
  • Armenian: ձայն hy(hy) (jayn), հնչյուն hy(hy) (hnčyun)
  • Czech: zvuk cs(cs) m.
  • Danish: lyd da(da) c.
  • Finnish: ääni fi(fi)
  • French: son fr(fr) m.
  • Hindi: ध्वनी hi(hi) f., आवाज़ hi(hi) f.
  • Hungarian: hangzás hu(hu)
  • Italian: suono it(it) m.
  • Japanese: 音 ja(ja) (oto)
  • Latvian: skaņa f.
  • Polish: dźwięk pl(pl) m.
  • Russian: звук ru(ru) (zvuk) m.
  • Sanskrit: स्वर sa(sa) (svára) m., शब्द sa(sa) (śabda) m., ध्वन् sa(sa) (dhvan) m., नाद sa(sa) (nāda) m.
  • Scots: soun
  • Scottish Gaelic: fuaim gd(gd) m.
  • Telugu: శబ్దం te(te) (Sabdam), ధ్వని te(te) (dhvani), సవ్వడి te(te) (savvaDi)
  • Urdu: آواز aavaaz f.
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  • Arabic: صوت (ʂaut)
  • Afrikaans: klank
  • Bosnian: zvuk m.
  • Bulgarian: звук (zvuk) m.
  • Catalan: so m.
  • Chinese: 聲音, 声音 (shēngyīn)
  • Croatian: zvuk m.
  • Dutch: geluid n., klank m., toon m.
  • Esperanto: sono
  • German: Schall m. (the physical phenomenon), Klang m., Geräusch n., Ton m., Laut m. (of speech)
  • Greek: ήχος m.
  • Greenlandic: nipi
  • Guaraní: pu
  • Hebrew: קול (kol)
  • Icelandic: hljóð n. (1)
  • Ido: sono
  • Indonesian: bunyi
  • Interlingua: sono
  • Italian: suono m.
  • Korean: 소리 (sori)
  • Lithuanian: garsas m.
  • Northern Sami: jietna
  • Persian: صدا (seda)
  • Portuguese: som m.
  • Romanian: sunet n.
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: звук m.
    Roman: zvuk m.
  • Slovene: zvok m., glas m.
  • Spanish: sonido m.
  • Swedish: ljud n.
  • Tagalog: tinig
  • Tupinambá: pu
  • Turkish: ses, seda, avaz
See also

Verb

Infinitive to sound

Third person singular sounds

Simple past sounded

Past participle sounded

Present participle sounding

to sound (third-person singular simple present sounds, present participle sounding, simple past and past participle sounded)

  1. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
    When the horn sounds, be careful.
  2. (intransitive, copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
    He sounded good when we last spoke.
  3. (intransitive, law) To arise or to be recognizable as arising within a particular area of law.
    • 1999, Supreme Court of the United States, City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Montery, Ltd. et al.[1]:
      [T]here can be no doubt that claims brought pursuant to § 1983 sound in tort.
  4. (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
    He sounds the instrument.
  5. (phonetics) To pronounce a vowel or a consonant.
    The "e" in "house" isn't sounded.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
to produce a sound
  • Arabic: صوت (ʂáwata)
  • Bulgarian: прозвучавам (prozvučavam), издавам звук (izdavam zvuk)
  • Czech: znít cs(cs)
  • Danish: lyde da(da)
  • Dutch: klinken, geluid maken, toon voortbrengen
  • Esperanto: soni eo(eo)
  • Finnish: soida, äännähtää, tuottaa ääntä
  • French: sonner fr(fr)
  • German: klingen de(de), erklingen de(de)
  • Guaraní: pu
  • Hebrew: להשמיע קול (li-hashmia kol)
  • Icelandic: hljóma is(is), hljóða is(is)
  • Interlingua: sonar
  • Italian: suonare it(it)
  • Japanese: 鳴る ja(ja) (naru)
  • Korean: 소리가 나다 (soriga nada)
  • Kurdish:
    Sorani: ده‌نگ دان ku(ku) (dang dAn)
  • Persian: صدا دادن (seda dadan)
  • Portuguese: soar pt(pt)
  • Russian: звучать (zvučát’)
  • Slovene: zveneti/zazveneti
  • Spanish: sonar es(es), parecer es(es)
  • Swahili: sauti sw(sw)
  • Swedish: ljuda sv(sv), låta sv(sv)
  • Telugu: మోగు te(te) (mOgu), ధ్వనించు te(te) (dhvaninchu)
  • Tupinambá: pu
to state or utter, especially with deliberation; to repeat
to cause to produce a sound
  • Japanese: 鳴らす ja(ja) (narasu)
  • Korean: 소리를 내다 (sorireul naeda)
  • Telugu: మోగించు te(te) (mOginchu), ధ్వనించు te(te) (dhvaninchu)
law: to arise
  • Japanese: 関係する ja(ja) (kankē suru)
to pronounce
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Etymology 3

Old English sund

Noun

Singular sound

Plural sounds

sound (plural sounds)

  1. (geography): Long narrow inlet. (Puget Sound, Owen Sound, etc.)
Translations
long narrow inlet
  • Japanese: 入り江 ja(ja) (irie)
  • Russian: пролив ru(ru) (prolív) m., канал ru(ru) (kanál) m.

Etymology 4

Middle English sounden, from Old French sonder, from sonde (“‘sounding line’”) of Germanic origin, cf. O.E. sundgyrd (“‘a sounding rod’”), sundline (“‘a sounding line’”), O.E. sund (“‘water", "sea’”). More at Etymology 3 above

Verb

Infinitive to sound

Third person singular sounds

Simple past sounded

Past participle sounded

Present participle sounding

to sound (third-person singular simple present sounds, present participle sounding, simple past and past participle sounded)

  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.
  2. (transitive): probe
  3. test
Translations
to dive downwards, of a whale
  • Danish: dykke (ned)
  • Finnish: sukeltaa fi(fi)
  • Japanese: 潜る ja(ja) (moguru)
to probe
  • Japanese: 調べる ja(ja) (shiraberu), 探る ja(ja) (saguru)
to test
  • French: tester fr(fr)
  • Japanese: 調べる ja(ja) (shiraberu)

Noun

Singular sound

Plural sounds

sound (plural sounds)

  1. A probe (e.g. a surgeon's tool)
Translations
a probe
  • French: sonde fr(fr) f.
  • Japanese: 探子 ja(ja) (tanshi)

Etymology 5

most likely from a slighty altered usage of Etymology 1

Adjective

sound (comparative sounder, superlative soundest)

Positive sound

Comparative sounder

Superlative soundest
  1. sound asleep; quietly resting, sleeping peacefully; undisturbed
Related terms
Translations
sound asleep — see sound asleep

Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

sound m. inv.

  1. sound

 

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