sonar
English edit
Etymology edit
From SONAR, acronym of sound navigation and ranging. Coined by American scientist Frederick Vinton Hunt in the 1940s.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sonar (countable and uncountable, plural sonars)
- (nautical) echolocation
- (nautical) A device that uses hydrophones (in the same manner as radar) to locate objects underwater.
Synonyms edit
- SONAR (acronym of sound navigation and ranging)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Translations edit
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See also edit
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Catalan sonar, from Latin sonāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sonar (first-person singular present sono, first-person singular preterite soní, past participle sonat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/
- (intransitive) to sound, to make a sound
- (intransitive) to ring, to buzz
- (figurative, intransitive) to ring a bell
- Em sona la seva cara. ― His face looks familiar.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | sonar | ||||||
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gerund | sonant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | sonat | sonada | |||||
plural | sonats | sonades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | sono | sones | sona | sonem | soneu | sonen | |
imperfect | sonava | sonaves | sonava | sonàvem | sonàveu | sonaven | |
future | sonaré | sonaràs | sonarà | sonarem | sonareu | sonaran | |
preterite | soní | sonares | sonà | sonàrem | sonàreu | sonaren | |
conditional | sonaria | sonaries | sonaria | sonaríem | sonaríeu | sonarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | soni | sonis | soni | sonem | soneu | sonin | |
imperfect | sonés | sonessis | sonés | sonéssim | sonéssiu | sonessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | sona | soni | sonem | soneu | sonin | |
negative (no) | — | no sonis | no soni | no sonem | no soneu | no sonin |
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sonar m (uncountable)
References edit
- “sonar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sonar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “sonar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sonar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sonar m (plural sonars)
Derived terms edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
sonar m (plural sonars)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “sonar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
sonar
Ido edit
Etymology edit
From Esperanto soni (“to sound”), French sonner, Italian suonare, Spanish sonar, ultimately from Latin sonō (“to make a noise”).
Verb edit
sonar (present tense sonas, past tense sonis, future tense sonos, imperative sonez, conditional sonus)
- to ring
Conjugation edit
present | past | future | |||||
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infinitive | sonar | sonir | sonor | ||||
tense | sonas | sonis | sonos | ||||
conditional | sonus | ||||||
imperative | sonez | ||||||
adjective active participle | sonanta | soninta | sononta | ||||
adverbial active participle | sonante | soninte | sononte | ||||
nominal active participle | singular | sonanto | soninto | sononto | |||
plural | sonanti | soninti | sononti | ||||
adjective passive participle | sonata | sonita | sonota | ||||
adverbial passive participle | sonate | sonite | sonote | ||||
nominal passive participle | singular | sonato | sonito | sonoto | |||
plural | sonati | soniti | sonoti |
Occitan edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Verb edit
sonar
Conjugation edit
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | sonar | aver sonat | |||||
gerund | sonant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | sonat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | soni | sonas | sona | sonam | sonatz | sonan | |
imperfect | sonavi | sonavas | sonava | sonàvem | sonàvetz | sonavan | |
preterite | sonèri | sonères | sonèt | sonèrem | sonèretz | sonèron | |
future | sonarai | sonaràs | sonarà | sonarem | sonaretz | sonaràn | |
conditional | sonariái | sonariás | sonariá | sonariam | sonariatz | sonarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | sonèra | sonèras | sonèra | soneram | soneratz | sonèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | sone | sones | sone | sonem | sonetz | sonen | |
imperfect | sonèssi | sonèsses | sonèsse | sonèssem | sonèssetz | sonèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
sona | sonem | sonatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | sonar | aver sonat | |||||
gerund | sonant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | sonat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | sone | sones | sona | sonam | sonatz | sonon | |
imperfect | sonave | sonaves | sonava | sonaviam | sonaviatz | sonavon | |
preterite | sonere | soneres | sonet | sonem | sonetz | soneron | |
future | sonarai | sonaràs | sonará | sonarem | sonaretz | sonarán | |
conditional | sonariá | sonariás | sonariá | sonariam | sonariatz | sonarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | sonèra | sonèras | sonèra | soneram | soneratz | sonèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | sone | sones | sone | sonassiam | sonassiatz | sonon | |
imperfect | sonesse | sonesses | sonesse | sonessiam | sonessiatz | sonesson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
sona | sonassiam | sonatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | sonar | aver sonat | |||||
gerund | sonant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | sonat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | soni | sonas | sona | sonam | sonatz | sonan | |
imperfect | sonavi | sonavas | sonava | sonàvam | sonàvatz | sonavan | |
preterite | sonèi | sonès | sonè | sonèm | sonètz | sonèn | |
future | sonarèi | sonaràs | sonarà | sonaram | sonaratz | sonaràn | |
conditional | sonarí | sonarés | sonaré | sonarem | sonaretz | sonarén | |
conditional 2nd form1 | sonèra | sonèras | sonèra | soneram | soneratz | sonèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | soni | sones | sone | sonem | sonetz | sonen | |
imperfect | sonèssi | sonèsses | sonèsse | sonèssem | sonèssetz | sonèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
sona | sonem | sonatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | sonar | aver sonat | |||||
gerund | sonant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | sonat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | sone | sonas | sona | sonam | sonatz | sonan | |
imperfect | sonava | sonavas | sonava | sonàvam | sonàvatz | sonavan | |
preterite | sonei | soneras | sonet | sonèram | sonèratz | soneran | |
future | sonarai | sonaràs | sonará | sonarem | sonaretz | sonarán | |
conditional | sonariá | sonariàs | sonariá | sonariam | sonariatz | sonarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | sonèra | sonèras | sonèra | soneram | soneratz | sonèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | sone | sones | sone | sonem | sonetz | sonen | |
imperfect | sonèsse | sonèsses | sonèsse | sonèssem | sonèssetz | sonèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
sona | sonem | sonatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | sonar | aver sonat | |||||
gerund | sonant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | sonat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | sone | sones | sona | sonam | sonatz | sonan | |
imperfect | sonavi | sonavas | sonava | sonàvem | sonàvetz | sonavan | |
preterite | sonère | sonères | sonèt | soneriam | soneriatz | sonèron | |
future | sonarai | sonaràs | sonarà | sonarem | sonaretz | sonaràn | |
conditional | sonariáu | sonariás | sonariá | sonariam | sonariatz | sonarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | sonèra | sonèras | sonèra | soneram | soneratz | sonèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | sone | sones | sone | sonem | sonetz | sonan | |
imperfect | sonèsse | sonèsses | sonèsse | sonessiam | sonessiatz | sonèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
sona | sonem | sonatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Old Norse edit
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sonar
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sonar m inan
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- sonar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: so‧nar
Noun edit
sonar m (plural sonares)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
sonar n (plural sonare)
Declension edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sònār m (Cyrillic spelling со̀на̄р)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Spanish sonar, inherited from Latin sonāre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”).
Verb edit
sonar (first-person singular present sueno, first-person singular preterite soné, past participle sonado)
- (intransitive) to sound, to ring
- 2014, “Suena La Alarma”, performed by Daddy Yankee:
- Suena la alarma, que mi nena esta robándose el show / Oh síguelo
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (intransitive) to sound (appear)
- Suena como que ya te has decidido.
- It sounds like your mind is made up.
- Suena como si no tuviéramos otra opción.
- It sounds like we don't have any other choice.
- (figuratively, intransitive) to ring a bell, to be familiar
- Me suena el nombre, pero no lo ubico.
- His name rings a bell but I can't place him.
- (transitive) to make sound, to play
- Synonym: tocar
- sonar la bocina ― to sound the horn
- (transitive, reflexive, figuratively) to blow one's nose
- Despues de estornudar, me soné la nariz.
- After I sneezed, I blew my nose.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | sonar | ||||||
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gerund | sonando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | sonado | sonada | |||||
plural | sonados | sonadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | sueno | suenastú sonásvos |
suena | sonamos | sonáis | suenan | |
imperfect | sonaba | sonabas | sonaba | sonábamos | sonabais | sonaban | |
preterite | soné | sonaste | sonó | sonamos | sonasteis | sonaron | |
future | sonaré | sonarás | sonará | sonaremos | sonaréis | sonarán | |
conditional | sonaría | sonarías | sonaría | sonaríamos | sonaríais | sonarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | suene | suenestú sonésvos2 |
suene | sonemos | sonéis | suenen | |
imperfect (ra) |
sonara | sonaras | sonara | sonáramos | sonarais | sonaran | |
imperfect (se) |
sonase | sonases | sonase | sonásemos | sonaseis | sonasen | |
future1 | sonare | sonares | sonare | sonáremos | sonareis | sonaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | suenatú sonávos |
suene | sonemos | sonad | suenen | ||
negative | no suenes | no suene | no sonemos | no sonéis | no suenen |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
sonar m (plural sonares)
- sonar (a device that uses hydrophones to locate objects underwater)
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “sonar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Noun edit
sonar c
Declension edit
Declension of sonar | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | sonar | sonarn | — | — |
Genitive | sonars | sonarns | — | — |
Verb edit
sonar
References edit
- sonar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sonar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sonar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sonāre, present active infinitive of sonō. Compare Italian suonare.
Verb edit
sonar
- (transitive) to play, sound
Conjugation edit
- Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | sonar | |||||
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auxiliary verb | aver | gerund | sonando | |||
past participle | sonà | |||||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
present | sono | (te) soni | (el/ła) sona | sonémo, sonòn | soné | (i/łe) sona |
imperfect | sonava | (te) sonavi | (el/ła) sonava | sonàvimo | sonavi | (i/łe) sonava |
future | sonarò | (te) sonarè | (el/ła) sonarà | sonarémo | sonarè | (i/łe) sonarà |
conditional | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
present | sonarìa | (te) sonarisi | (el/ła) sonarìa | sonarìsimo | sonarisi | (i/łe) sonarìa |
subjunctive | che mi | che ti | che eło / eła | che noialtri / noialtre | che voialtri / voialtre | che łuri / łore |
present | sone, sona | (te) soni | (el/ła) sone, (el/ła) sona | sonémo, sonone | soné | (i/łe) sone, (i/łe) sona |
imperfect | sonase | (te) sonasi | (el/ła) sonase | sonàsimo | sonasi | (i/łe) sonase |
imperative | — | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
— | (te) sona | (el/ła) sona, (el/ła) sone | sonémo | soné | (i/łe) sona, (i/łe) sone |