sonoro

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sonōrus.

Adjective

sonoro (feminine sonora, masculine plural sonoros, feminine plural sonoras)

1. of or pertaining to sound, audio

   Antonym: insonoro

Related terms

• son
• soar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sonōrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈnɔ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɔro
• Hyphenation: so‧nò‧ro

Adjective

sonoro (feminine sonora, masculine plural sonori, feminine plural sonore)

1. (literally) sonorous, resounding
   1. (by extension) rich in resonance
2. (figuratively) sonorous
   1. resounding, sensational
3. (phonetics) voiced

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “voiced”): sordo

Related terms

• colonna sonora
• sonoramente
• sonorità
• sonorizzazione
• suono

Noun

sonoro m (plural sonori)

1. sound films

Anagrams

• or sono, orsono

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sonōrus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈnɔ.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈnɔ.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈnɔ.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈnɔ.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: so‧no‧ro

Adjective

sonoro (feminine sonora, masculine plural sonoros, feminine plural sonoras)

1. (acoustics) sound (relating to sound)
2. (phonetics, of a phoneme) voiced (pronounced with vibration of the vocal cords)

   Antonyms: surdo, insonoro

3. (of voice) melodious (pleasant-sounding)
4. sonorous (giving out a deep, resonant sound)

Related terms

• sonoridade

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sonōrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈnoɾo/ [soˈno.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: so‧no‧ro

Adjective

sonoro (feminine sonora, masculine plural sonoros, feminine plural sonoras)

1. audible
2. sonorous
3. (linguistics) vocalised

Antonyms

• insonoro

Derived terms

• banda sonora
• cine sonoro
• onda sonora

 

Related terms

• sonar
• sonido
• sonoridad

 

Further reading

• “sonoro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16