sound
English
/saʊnd/
adj
Definitions
- Healthy.
- Complete, solid, or secure.
- (mathematics) Having the property of soundness.
- (British) Good; acceptable; decent.
- (of sleep) Quiet and deep.
- Heavy; laid on with force.
- Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sound inherited from Old English sund (water, sea, power, capacity, strait, sound, ocean, swimming, or act of swimming, channel) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gasundaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *sunt-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sunt-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Lancaster English
- Lancaster Sound English
- Owen English
- Owen Sound English
- aftersound English
- alike English
- bank English
- bar English
- board English
- check English
- clash English
- co-sounding English
- foresound English
- gesundheit English
- hypersound English
- infrasound English
- lore English
- microsound English
- missound English
- nonsound English
- nonultrasound English
- outsound English
- painting English
- person English
- post English
- resound English
- resounder English
- resoundest English
- resoundeth English
- resounding English
- score English
- set English
- somatosound English
- sound post English
- sound stage English
- soundable English
- soundage English
- soundalike English
- soundbank English
- soundbar English
- soundboard English
- soundcheck English
- soundclash English
- sounder English
- soundest English
- soundeth English
- soundful English
- soundie English
- soundiness English
- sounding English
- soundingly English
- soundless English
- soundlessly English
- soundlessness English
- soundlike English
- soundlore English
- soundly English
- soundman English
- soundness English
- soundpainting English
- soundperson English
- soundproof English
- soundscape English
- soundscaping English
- soundscore English
- soundset English
- soundwalk English
- soundward English
- soundwave English
- soundwise English
- soundwoman English
- soundworld English
- soundy English
- stage English
- supersound English
- teleultrasound English
- ultrasound English
- unsound English
- unsoundable English
- unsoundly English
- unsoundness English
- walk English
- wave English
- world English
- saundi Finnish
- suomisaundi Finnish
- sonus Latin
- Geschwindigkeit German
- Gesundheit German
- geschwind German
- gesund German
- gesundschrumpfen German
- kerngesund German
- sonder- German
- sondieren German
- ungesund German
- sound Italian
- gezond Dutch, Flemish
- gezondheid Dutch, Flemish
- gezwind Dutch, Flemish
- sondage French
- sonder French
- sondeur French
- son Spanish, Castilian
- *sunt- Proto-Indo-European
- *swen- Proto-Indo-European
- *gasundaz Proto-Germanic
- *sundą Proto-Germanic
- *swinþaz Proto-Germanic
- soundcheck Swedish
- sund Swedish
- サウンド Japanese
- Ealhswiþ Old English
- sund Old English
- swiþan Old English
- swiþe Old English
- swiþferhþ Old English
- swiþlic Old English
- swiþness Old English
- swīþ Old English
- þryþswiþ Old English
- स्वनति Sanskrit
- *soundere Middle English
- outsounen Middle English
- sound Middle English
- soundeful Middle English
- swith Middle English
- sund Old Norse
- sondere Danish
- sund Danish
- sawon Cebuano
- gesont Middle Dutch
- *gisund Old High German
- sondar Ido
- gesond Afrikaans
- sunnur Faroese
- gesunt Middle High German
- swind Middle High German
- sonder Middle French
- *gasund gmw-pro
- sunt Middle Low German
- gazunt Cimbrian
- gazüntan Cimbrian
- gesunt Cimbrian
- gisund Old Saxon
- sunder Old Swedish
- saun Tok Pisin
- gesund Low German
- gesontu Sranan Tongo
- bar
- set
- Owen
- wave
- walk
- post
- bank
- lore
- check
- clash
- score
- stage
- alike
- world
- board
- soundy
- person
- unsound
- soundly
- resound
- soundie
- sounder
- soundest
- outsound
- missound
- soundeth
- soundman
- painting
- nonsound
- soundbar
- soundful
- soundset
- sounding
- soundage
- foresound
- soundwave
- soundable
- soundless
- soundlore
- soundward
- soundness
- resounder
- soundlike
- soundbank
- soundwalk
- unsoundly
- Lancaster
- soundwise
- gesundheit
- soundalike
- resoundeth
- aftersound
- soundscape
- resounding
- soundcheck
- microsound
- ultrasound
- sound post
- soundworld
- hypersound
- Owen Sound
- supersound
- soundiness
- resoundest
- soundboard
- infrasound
- soundproof
- soundclash
- soundwoman
- soundscore
- soundingly
- somatosound
- co-sounding
- soundlessly
- soundperson
- sound stage
- unsoundness
- unsoundable
- soundscaping
- soundpainting
- soundlessness
- nonultrasound
- teleultrasound
- Lancaster Sound