Meaning

9 senses

  1. (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.

    Klang, Schall, Laut

    звукzvuk, шумšum

    звукzvuk

  2. (countable, uncountable)A vibration capable of causing such sensations.

    Schall

    звукzvuk

  3. (countable, uncountable)A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Noise without meaning; empty noise.

  5. (countable, uncountable)Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.

    Stay within the sound of my voice.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound.

    (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

  7. 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

    Sund, Belt

    проли́вprolív, кана́лkanál

    a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

  8. The air bladder of a fish.

    Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

  9. A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde.

    Sonde

    зондzond

Examples

3996 sentences

  1. When did you hear the sound?

    Де ти чув цей звук? — deniko

    ruКогда ты услышал тот звук? — Biga

    deWann hast du das Geräusch gehört? — Tamy

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  2. Their plan sounds interesting to me.

    Як на мене їхній план виглядає цікавим. — ChickenKiev

    ruИх план кажется мне интересным. — Olya

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  3. It sounds like someone is crying.

    Таке враження, що хтось плаче. — deniko

    deEs hört sich an, als ob jemand weint. — Manfredo

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  4. I've never heard that sound before.

    Я ніколи раніше не чув цього звука. — shanghainese

    deDas Geräusch habe ich noch nie gehört. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Why does that name sound familiar?

    Чому це ім'я звучить так, ніби я його знаю? — deniko

    ruПочему это имя кажется мне знакомым? — marafon

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
sensation perceived by the ear:
Русский
By meaning 3
sensation perceived by the ear:
long narrow inlet:
long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
sensation perceived by the ear:
long narrow inlet:
long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals:

Origin

* Noun: from Middle English sownde, alteration of soun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sun, so

* 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”).

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”).

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.

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Forms

plural: sounds
Singularsound
Pluralsounds

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
noiseA1
Close in meaning
  • the subjective sensation of hearing something:auditory sensation
  • the audible part of a transmitted signal:audio
  • a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water:strait
  • (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language:phonespeech sound

Antonyms

3 antonyms
quietB2silenceA2stillness

Word family

5 related words
RelatedlistenA1utterB2audiblemake sound
Derivedsoundfront

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • sounds like
  • sounds like a
  • that sounds like
  • the sound of
  • sound pretty
  • didn't sound very
  • sounds familiar
  • sound asleep
  • very sound sleeper
  • was sound asleep
  • sound very confident
  • heard the sound

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
soulB1soulfulsoullesssoundlysoundnesssoundtrackB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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