English

Pronunciation

• IPA : /saʊnd/
• SAMPA : /saUnd/

Noun

sound (countable and uncountable; plural: sounds)

1. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium. (He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.)

Translations

• Arabic: صوت
• Afrikaans: klank
• Bulgarian: звук m
• Catalan: so m
• Dutch: geluid n, klank m, toon m
• Esperanto: sono
• Finnish: ääni
• French: son m
• German: Schall m (the physical phenomenon), Klang m, Geräusch n, Ton m, Laut m (of speech)
• Guarani: pu
• Hebrew: קול
• Ido: sono
• Indonesian: bunyi
• Interlingua: sono
• Italian: suono m
• Japanese: 音 (おと, oto)
• Korean: 소리 (sori)
• Lithuanian: garsas m
• Northern Sami: jietna
• Persian: صدا (seda)
• Portuguese: som m
• Russian: звук
• Spanish: sonido m
• Swedish: ljud n
• Tagalog: tinig
• Tupinambá: pu

See also

• audible
• noise
• quiet
• silence

Intransitive verb

to sound (sounds, sounded, sounding)

1. to produce a sound

Translations

• Bulgarian: прозвучавам , издавам звук
• Dutch: klinken , geluid maken , toon voortbrengen
• Esperanto: soni
• Finnish: tuottaa ääntä
• French: sonner
• German: klingen
• Guarani pu
• Hebrew: להשמיע קול
• Interlingua: sonar
• Italian: suonare
• Persian: صدا دادن (seda-dadan)
• Portuguese: soar
• Russian: звучать
• Spanish: sonar
• Swedish: ljuda , låta
• Tupinambá: pu

Adjective

sound

1. healthy

   He was safe and sound.

Related terms

• safe and sound
• sound off
• soundly

Translations

• Bulgarian: здрав m
• Dutch: gezond
• Esperanto: sana
• Finnish: terve
• French: sain
• German: gesund
• Guarani: esãi (h-)
• Hebrew: בריא ושלם
• Interlingua: san
• Korean: 건전한 [健全-] (geonjeonhan)
• Persian: سالم (salem), تندرست (tandorost)
• Portuguese: são m, sã f
• Russian: здоровый
• Spanish: sano
• Swedish: sund , frisk