sonorous

son·o·rous  (snr-s, s-nôr-, -nr-)

adj.

1. Having or producing sound.

2. Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound.

3. Impressive in style of speech: a sonorous oration.

4. also (snr-s) Produced in the manner of a sonorant.

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[From Latin sonrus, from sonor, sound, from sonre, to sound; see swen- in Indo-European roots.]

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sono·rous·ly adv.

sono·rous·ness n.

Usage Note: The older pronunciation of sonorous has stress on the second syllable. As a recent survey indicates, however, the variant pronunciation with stress on the first syllable is now much more common in American English. In this survey, 84 percent of the Usage Panel gave (snr-s) as their pronunciation, and only 16 percent gave (s-nôrs) or (s-nrs). Two linguists on the Panel noted that whereas they stress the first syllable, they pronounce it with a long (o), as (snr-s).

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sonorous [səˈnɔːrəs ˈsɒnərəs]

adj

1. producing or capable of producing sound

2. (of language, sound, etc.) deep or resonant

3. (esp of speech) high-flown; grandiloquent

[from Latin sonōrus loud, from sonor a noise]

sonority  [səˈnɒrɪtɪ] n

sonorously  adv

sonorousness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

sonorous - full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice" heavy full - (of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice"

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sonorous

adjective

1. rich, deep, ringing, resonant, full, rounded, sounding, loud, resounding, plangent 'Doctor McKee?' the man called in an even, sonorous voice.

2. high-flown, grandiloquent, high-sounding, orotund a clutch of children with sonorous Old Testament names

Translations

sonorous [ˈsɒnərəs] ADJ (gen) → sonoro

sonorous [ˈsɒnərəs səˈnɔːrəs] adj [voice] → sonore

sonorous

adj → volltönend, sonor (geh); language, poem → klangvoll; snore → laut

sonorous [ˈsɒnərəs] adj (frm) → sonoro/a