sorna

English

Noun

sorna (plural sornas)

1. Alternative form of zurna

Anagrams

• Arons, saron, orans, Sanor, Rasŏn, sonar, roans, arson, SONAR, Naros, Rason

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsor.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsoɾ.na]

Etymology 1

Nominalization of the feminine of sorn (“dawdling”).

Noun

sorna f (plural sornes)

1. sarcasm
   • 2020 October 10, Àngels Piñol, “Un ‘blues’ per a l’històric carrer Ferran”, in El País‎^[1]:

     “La majoria dels clients són nacionals i repeteixen. Suposo que és el que passava abans i el que ha portat la nova normalitat”, diu amb una mica de sorna.

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Derived terms

• sorneguer

Etymology 2

Adjective

sorna

1. feminine singular of sorn

Further reading

• “sorna” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sorna”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “sorna” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sorna” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoɾna/ [ˈsoɾ.na]
• Rhymes: -oɾna
• Syllabification: sor‧na

Etymology 1

Unknown; cognate with Portuguese sorna, Catalan sorna.

Noun

sorna f (plural sornas)

1. sarcasm, irony

   Synonym: ironía

2. sarcastic tone
3. slowness

   Synonym: lentitud

Derived terms

• sornar

Etymology 2

Verb

sorna

1. inflection of sornar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “sorna”, 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

Noun

sorna

1. definite plural of so

Anagrams

• Arons, nosar, sonar

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sьrnà, *sь̀rna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔʀna/
• Rhymes: -ɔʀna
• Hyphenation: sor‧na
• Syllabification: sor‧na

Noun

sorna f

1. (zoology) roe deer

Declension

Declension of sorna (feminine hard stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sorna	sornje	sorny
genitive	sorny	sornow	sornow
dative	sornje	sornomaj	sornam
accusative	sornu	sornje	sorny
instrumental	sornu	sornomaj	sornami
locative	sornje	sornomaj	sornach
vocative	sorna	sornje	sorny

References

• “sorna” in Soblex