soun

See also: Soun and sóun

Indonesian

Noun

soun

1. Alternative form of suun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• soune, sone, sowne, sune
• sound, sounde (15th cent.)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːn/

Noun

soun (uncountable)

1. sound

Related terms

• resoun
• sounen

Descendants

• English: sound
• Yola: zound

References

• “sǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• son

Pronoun

soun m

1. (Mistralian) his, hers or its

Old French

Alternative forms

• sun
• son

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

Related terms

• souner

Descendants

• → English: sound

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