Italian edit

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Etymology edit

From Latin sonāre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (to sound, resound).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /swoˈna.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: suo‧nà‧re

Verb edit

suonàre (first-person singular present suòno, first-person singular past historic suonài, past participle suonàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, music) to play (an instrument)
  2. (transitive) to sound
  3. (transitive) to ring
  4. (intransitive) Ellipsis of suonare il clacson.; to honk (to use a car horn) [auxiliary avere]

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Further reading edit

  • suonare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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