soun

See also: Soun and sóun

Indonesian

Noun

soun

  1. Alternative form of suun

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman sun, soun, from accusative of Latin sonus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suːn/

Noun

soun (uncountable)

  1. sound

Descendants

  • English: sound
  • Yola: zound

References

Occitan

Alternative forms

Pronoun

soun m

  1. (Mistralian) his, hers or its

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Latin suum

Pronoun

soun m (feminine sa)

  1. his/her/one's/its (third-person singular possessive pronoun)

Etymology 2

Latin sonus

Noun

soun oblique singular, m (oblique plural souns, nominative singular souns, nominative plural soun)

  1. sound; noise
    Pur la mort son pere plure a mout haut soun
    After the death of his father, he wailed loudly (literally, 'with very high sound')
  2. tune; song
Descendants

Scots

Etymology

Anglo-Norman soun. The verb is either from the noun or Anglo-Norman souner.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sun/

Noun

soun (plural souns)

  1. sound
  2. noise

Verb

soun (third-person singular simple present souns, present participle sounin, simple past sount, past participle sount)

  1. to sound

Adjective

soun (comparative souner, superlative sounest)

  1. healthy, sound
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