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Mount Harris is of basaltic formation, but I could not observe any columnar regularity in it, although large blocks are exposed above the ground. The rock is extremely hard and sonorous.
Charles Sturt

Meaning of "sonorous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SONOROUS

From Latin sonōrus loud, from sonor a noise.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SONOROUS

sonorous  [səˈnɔːrəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SONOROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sonorous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SONOROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sonority hierarchy

A sonority hierarchy or sonority scale is a ranking of speech sounds by amplitude. For example, if you say the vowel, you will produce a much louder sound than if you say the stop. Sonority hierarchies are especially important when analyzing syllable structure; rules about what segments may appear in onsets or codas together, such as SSP, are formulated in terms of the difference of their sonority values. Some languages also have assimilation rules based on sonority hierarchy, for example, the Finnish potential mood, in which a less sonorous segment changes to copy a more sonorous adjacent segment.

Definition of sonorous in the English dictionary

The first definition of sonorous in the dictionary is producing or capable of producing sound. Other definition of sonorous is deep or resonant. Sonorous is also high-flown; grandiloquent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SONOROUS


allosaurus
ˌæləˈsɔːrəs
ankylosaurus
ˌæŋkɪləʊˈsɔːrəs
apatosaurus
əˌpætəˈsɔːrəs
brachiosaurus
ˌbreɪkɪəˈsɔːrəs
canorous
kəˈnɔːrəs
Centaurus
sɛnˈtɔːrəs
chorus
ˈkɔːrəs
Epidaurus
ˌɛpɪˈdɔːrəs
Horus
ˈhɔːrəs
Matamoros
ˌmætəˈmɔːrəs
Miraflores
ˌmɪrəˈflɔːrəs
nonporous
nɒnˈpɔːrəs
porous
ˈpɔːrəs
pylorus
paɪˈlɔːrəs
sorus
ˈsɔːrəs
stegosaurus
ˌstɛɡəˈsɔːrəs
Taurus
ˈtɔːrəs
thesaurus
θɪˈsɔːrəs
torus
ˈtɔːrəs
tyrannosaurus
tɪˌrænəˈsɔːrəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SONOROUS

sonobuoy
sonogram
sonograph
sonographer
sonography
sonoluminescence
sonometer
Sonora
sonorant
sonority
sonorously
sonorousness
sonovox
sons of bitches
Sons of Freedom
sons of guns
sons-in-law
sonship
sonsie
sonsier

WORDS THAT END LIKE SONOROUS

amorous
carnivorous
dangerous
decorous
dolorous
glamorous
herbivorous
humorous
indecorous
insectivorous
malodorous
phosphorous
rancorous
rigorous
splendorous
stertorous
traitorous
tumorous
unglamorous
vaporous
vigorous

Synonyms and antonyms of sonorous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SONOROUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sonorous» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sonorous

Translation of «sonorous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SONOROUS

Find out the translation of sonorous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sonorous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sonorous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

铿锵
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sonora
570 millions of speakers

English

sonorous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मधुर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رنان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

звучное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sonoro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চনাদী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sonore
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bertenaga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sonor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

朗々とした
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

울려 퍼지는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sonorous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kêu to
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உரத்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खिन्न
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dolgun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sonoro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dźwięczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

звучне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sonor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηχηρός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klankvol
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klangfull
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sonorous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sonorous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SONOROUS»

The term «sonorous» is regularly used and occupies the 56.131 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SONOROUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sonorous

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QUOTES WITH «SONOROUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sonorous.
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Charles Sturt
Mount Harris is of basaltic formation, but I could not observe any columnar regularity in it, although large blocks are exposed above the ground. The rock is extremely hard and sonorous.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SONOROUS»

Discover the use of sonorous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sonorous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An Introduction to Language and Linguistics
The best answer (though not perfect) lies in the concept of sonority. Sonority can be defined as relative openness of the vocal tract, which corresponds directly to the relative loudness of a sound. The most sonorous sounds are the low vowels;  ...
Ralph W. Fasold, Jeff Connor-Linton, 2006
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Speaking of Music: Addressing the Sonorous
Addresses the ways that writers, musicians, philosophers, politicians, critics, and scholars speak of music from varying standpoints and in varying ways
Keith Chapin, Andrew H. Clark, 2013
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Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music
We can also make different recordings of a single sonorous event, approaching the sound at the moment of its taping [prise de son] from various angles, just as one can film a scene using different shots [prise de vues]. Assuming that we limit  ...
Christoph Cox, Daniel Warner, 2004
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Voyage to the Sonorous Land, Or, The Art of Asking: And, The ...
This book presents two plays, both of which are translated into English for the first time.
Peter Handke, Gitta Honegger, 1996
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Psalms of Sonorous
RELIGION  SPIRITUALITY Psalms of Sonorous is a book of free verse truth, magnified by God's love. It was transcribed by the Holy Spirit through the faith of one believer's heart and then poured out on paper for the glory of Jesus Christ of  ...
Nancy G. Wright, 2013
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Listening Subjects: Music, Psychoanalysis, Culture
One could argue that it is the first model of auditory pleasure and that music finds its roots and its nostalgia in [this] original atmosphere which might be called a sonorous womb, a murmuring house."3 On an elementary level, then, the ...
David Schwarz, 1997
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
... decipher Ana dispel, dissipate, disperse (see SCATTER): clear, »rid, purge, disabuse resonant, sonorous, ringing, resounding, vibrant, orotund are applied to the sounds or tones of speech and music and mean conspicuously full and rich.
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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Music and Imagination
The. Sonorous. Image. one of the prime concerns in the making of music, either as creator or as interpreter, is the question how it will sound. On any level, whether the music is abstruse and absolute or whether it is intended for the merest ...
Aaron Copland, 1980
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The Lancet
... full inspiration in order to inflate the lungs, and in doing so there is a painful sensation of constriction about the windpipe ; soon the respiration becomes sonorous and laboured. There is a peculiar sound caused by the air forcing its way ...
‎1827
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Reflective Analysis: A First Introduction Into ...
sonorous or audible qualities with visible qualities, such as color and shape, and tangible properties, such as smoothness and hardness. How far does this comparison go? First of all, observing readily discloses that the sonorous quality of a ...
Lester Embree, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SONOROUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sonorous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sonorous sound of silence
MIDWAY through my talk to Girsby WI this week, my head began ringing with the realisation that history really does go round and round, but then I began to ... «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
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It's sonorous! Metals fall on China jitters; Vedanta dives 10%
NEW DELHI: A fall in the Chinese stock market brought jitters in commodity prices across the global, leading to a plunge in stocks of domestic metal producers. «Economic Times, Jul 15»
3
The chortling schoolboy fluffs his sonorous monologue
It was the best and worse of South African political discourse. It was the raw hope of Nelson Mandela's release from prison exactly 25 years ago this week, ... «Thought Leader, Feb 15»
4
The sonorous voice of Edward Herrmann is stilled
WASHINGTON, December 31, 2014 — The year closes on a sad note; actor Edward Herrmann has passed at the age of 71. Seeing Herrmann in the credits ... «Communities Digital News, Dec 14»
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Sonorous Start For Biennale's Cultural Segment With Thayambaka
The culture segment of KMB's second edition got off to a loud yet sonorous start at suburban Edappally, where three lead drummers presented a novel string of ... «The New Indian Express, Nov 14»
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Sonorous Science: Making Music with Bottles
Have you ever blown across a bottle's top and made a pleasant, resonant sound? If so, have you wondered exactly how that note is made? A bottle is actually ... «Scientific American, Nov 14»
7
The Scene: Emerging artists to converge at Sonorous Music Fest
Folk singer and songwriter Jason Matthew Ross is one of a host of national and international acts coming to the Port City this weekend for the Sonorous Music ... «Port City Daily, Nov 14»
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Rameau: The Complete Works for Solo Harpsichord review – nicely …
... instrument that he built, not as rich as Trevor Pinnock's harpsichord from Edinburgh or Christophe Rousset's historic French sound, but nicely sonorous. «The Guardian, Sep 14»
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El Pintor review – Interpol deliver coiled riffs and sonorous vocals
In fact, their fifth set isn't dissimilar to 2002's Turn on the Bright Lights, all coiled, icy riffs and sonorous vocals. There are precious few real surprises, then, but ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
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Congress slams Narendra Modi government over calling off talks …
Attacking the government over calling off talks with Pakistan, Congress on Tuesday said it was first in a "sonorous slumber" and then resorted to "kneejerk ... «Daily News & Analysis, Aug 14»

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