sonar
English
editEtymology
editFrom SONAR, acronym of sound navigation and ranging. Coined by American scientist Frederick Vinton Hunt in the 1940s.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsonar (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
editDescendants
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See also
editFurther reading
editAnagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old Catalan sonar, from Latin sonāre.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsonar (first-person singular present sono, first-person singular preterite soní, past participle sonat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, 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
editinfinitive | 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
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsonar 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
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsonar m (plural sonars)
Derived terms
editFrench
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editsonar m (plural sonars)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “sonar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Icelandic
editNoun
editsonar
Ido
editEtymology
editFrom Esperanto soni (“to sound”), French sonner, Italian suonare, Spanish sonar, ultimately from Latin sonō (“to make a noise”).
Verb
editsonar (present tense sonas, past tense sonis, future tense sonos, imperative sonez, conditional sonus)
- to ring
Conjugation
editpresent | 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
editPronunciation
editVerb
editsonar
Conjugation
editsimple | 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 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editNoun
editsonar
Polish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsonar m inan
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- sonar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: so‧nar
Noun
editsonar m (plural sonares)
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editsonar n (plural sonare)
Declension
editSerbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsònār m (Cyrillic spelling со̀на̄р)
Declension
editSpanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old Spanish sonar, inherited from Latin sonāre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”).
Verb
editsonar (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) to blow one's nose
- Despues de estornudar, me soné la nariz.
- After I sneezed, I blew my nose.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | 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
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editsonar m (plural sonares)
- sonar (a device that uses hydrophones to locate objects underwater)
Alternative forms
editFurther reading
edit- “sonar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Swedish
editNoun
editsonar c
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | sonar | sonars |
definite | sonarn | sonarns | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
Verb
editsonar
References
edit- sonar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sonar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sonar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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editVenetan
editEtymology
editFrom Latin sonāre. Compare Italian suonare.
Verb
editsonar
- (transitive) to play, sound
Conjugation
edit* Venetan 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 | 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 |
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