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{{also|Sound}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|Sound (disambiguation)}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|soune|sownd|sowne||obsolete}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/saʊnd/|a=RP,GA}}
* {{IPA|en|/sæʊn/|a=Local Dublin}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-sound.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{rhymes|en|aʊnd|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|sound}}, {{m|enm|sund}}, {{m|enm|isund}}, {{m|enm|ȝesund}}, from {{inh|en|ang|sund}}, {{m|ang|ġesund|t=sound, safe, whole, uninjured, healthy, prosperous}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*sund}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gasundaz}}, {{m|gem-pro|*sundaz|t=healthy}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*sunt-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*swent-|t=vigorous, active, healthy}}.

Cognate with {{cog|sco|sound}}, {{m|sco|soun||healthy, sound}}, {{cog|stq|suund}}, {{m|stq|gesuund||healthy}}, {{cog|fy|sûn||healthy}}, {{cog|nl|gezond||healthy, sound}}, {{cog|nds|sund}}, {{m|nds|gesund||healthy}}, {{cog|de|gesund||healthy, sound}}, {{cog|da|sund||healthy}}, {{cog|sv|sund||sound, healthy}}. Related also to {{cog|nl|gezwind||fast, quick}}, {{cog|de|geschwind||fast, quick}}, {{cog|ang|swīþ||strong, mighty, powerful, active, severe, violent}}. See {{m|en|swith}}.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|er}}

# [[healthy|Healthy]].
#: {{ux|en|He was safe and '''sound'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|In horse management a '''sound''' horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|editor=[[w:Montague Chambers|Montagu[e] Chambers]]|chapter=Roscorla v. Thomas|title=The Law Journal Reports for the Year 1842|location=London|publisher=E. B. Ince, 5 Quality Court, {{w|Chancery Lane}}|date=30 May 1842|volume=XX (New Series – volume XI, part II)|pages=214–215|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=AY4sAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA214|oclc=124015025|passage=on the 29th of September 1840, in consideration that the plaintiff, at the request of the defendant, had bought of the defendant a certain horse, at a certain price, to wit, 30''l.'', the defendant promised plaintiff that the horse did not exceed five years off, and that it was '''sound''' in wind and limb, perfect in vision, and free from vice; {{...}}}}
# [[complete|Complete]], [[solid]], or [[secure]].
#: {{ux|en|Fred assured me the floorboards were '''sound'''.}}
#* {{RQ:Homer Chapman Odysseys|year=1857|passage=The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, / And how, besides, it makes the whole house '''sound'''.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2021 November 17|author=Andrew Mourant|title=Okehampton: a new dawn for Dartmoor|journal=Rail|issue=944|page=43|text=Refurbishing Okehampton station, kept basically '''sound''' under ownership by Devon Council, remains a work in progress and scheduled for completion next spring.}}
# {{lb|en|mathematics|logic}} Having the property of [[soundness]].
#: {{hyper|en|valid}}
#* {{RQ:Schuster Hepaticae|volume=V|page=vii|text=With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for '''sound''' conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get{{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|British|Irish|slang}} [[good|Good]]; [[acceptable]]; [[decent]].
#: {{ux|en|How are you? —I'm '''sound'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|That's a '''sound''' track you're playing.}}
#: {{ux|en|See that man over there? He's '''sound'''. You should get to know him.}}
# {{lb|en|of sleep}} [[quiet|Quiet]] and [[deep]].
#: {{ux|en|[[sound asleep|'''Sound''' asleep]] means sleeping peacefully, and often deeply.}}
#: {{ux|en|Her sleep was '''sound'''.}}
# Heavy; [[laid]] on with [[force]].
#: {{ux|en|a '''sound''' beating}}
# Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
#: {{ux|en|a '''sound''' title to land}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{rel-top|terms derived from ''sound (adjective)''}}
* {{l|en|safe and sound}}
* {{l|en|sound as a barrel}}
* {{l|en|sound as a bell}}
* {{l|en|sound as a dollar}}
* {{l|en|sound as a pound}}
* {{l|en|sound as a roach}}
* {{l|en|soundly}}
* {{l|en|soundness}}
{{rel-bottom}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|healthy}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|সুস্থ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|здрав}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|sa}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|健康|tr=jiànkāng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|zdravý}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|sund}}, {{t+|da|rask}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gezond}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|terve}}, {{t+|fi|hyväkuntoinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|sain}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|san}}
* German: {{t+|de|gesund}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|υγιής}}, {{t+|el|αβλαβής}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ὑγιής}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|בריא|m|tr=bari}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|egészséges}}, {{t+|hu|ép}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|sana}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|sano}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|健康|tr=けんこうな, kenkō na|alt=健康な|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|健全|tr=けんぜんな, kenzen na|alt=健全な|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|건강하다}}, {{t+|ko|건전하다}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|ساغ}}, {{t|ckb|سەلیم}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|sanus}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|здрав}}, {{t|mk|јак}}, {{t|mk|силен}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|toiora}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|frisk}}, {{t|nb|karsk}}, {{t+|nb|sunn}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|تندرست|tr=tandorost}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zdrowy}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|são}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|sănătos}}, {{t+|ro|nevătămat}}, {{t+|ro|teafăr}}, {{t+|ro|zdravăn}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|здоро́вый}}, {{t+|ru|кре́пкий}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|कल्य}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|sano}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kry}}, {{t+|sv|frisk}}, {{t+|sv|sund}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|sağlıklı}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|saunik}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|complete, solid, or secure}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|непокътнат}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|sòlid}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|solidní}}
* Danish: {{t|da|solid}}, {{t+|da|sikker}}, {{t|da|pålidelig}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|degelijk}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hyväkuntoinen}}, {{t+|fi|terve}}
* French: {{t+|fr|complet}}, {{t+|fr|solide}}, {{t+|fr|sûr}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|יציב|m|tr=yatsiv}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|sértetlen}}, {{t+|hu|ép}}, {{t+|hu|hibátlan}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|solido}}, {{t+|it|sicuro}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|健全|tr=けんぜんな, kenzen na|alt=健全な}}, {{t+|ja|堅固|tr=けんご, kengo|alt=堅固な}}, {{t|ja|手堅い|tr=てがたい, tegatai}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|цврст}}, {{t|mk|силен}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|stødig}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|solidny|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|completo}}, {{t+|pt|sólido}}, {{t+|pt|seguro}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|intact}}, {{t+|ro|complet}}, {{t+|ro|solid}}, {{t+|ro|sigur}}, {{t+|ro|robust}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кре́пкий}}, {{t+|ru|про́чный}}, {{t+|ru|надёжный}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|sólido}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|UK, slang: good or a good thing}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|добър}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|fornuftig}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gaaf}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|kondiksessa}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|grei}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|хорошо́}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|iyi}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|deep and restful of sleep}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|дълбок}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sikeä}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|sámh}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|profondo}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|au}}, {{t|mi|whakaau}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|głęboki|m}}, {{t+|pl|zdrowy|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|profundo}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|profundo}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|sound asleep}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Dutch: {{t+check|nl|gezond}}
* Esperanto: {{t+check|eo|sana}}
* French: {{t+check|fr|sain}}
* Guaraní: {{qualifier|h-}} {{t-check|gn|esãi}}
* Hebrew: {{t-check|he|בריא ושלם|tr=baría ve shalam|sc=Hebr}}
* Icelandic: {{qualifier|1}} {{t+check|is|heilbrigður}}, {{qualifier|1|2}} {{t+check|is|í lagi}}, {{qualifier|1|2}} {{t+check|is|heill}}, {{qualifier|2}} {{t+check|is|öruggur}}
* Interlingua: {{t-check|ia|san}}
* Persian: {{t+check|fa|سالم|tr=sâlem}}, {{t+check|fa|تندرست|tr=tandorost}}
* Swedish: {{t+check|sv|sund}}, {{t+check|sv|frisk}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Adverb====
{{en-adv}}

# Soundly.
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|canto=I|book=I|stanza=42|passage=So '''{{long s}}ound''' he {{long s}}lept, that nought [[mought]] him awake.}}

====Interjection====
{{en-interj}}

# {{lb|en|British|Ireland|slang}} [[yes|Yes]]; {{n-g|used to show agreement or understanding.}}
#: {{ux|en|I found my jacket. — '''Sound'''.}}

===Etymology 2===
* Noun: from {{inh|en|enm|sownde}}, alteration of {{m|enm|soun}}, borrowed from {{der|en|xno|sun}}, {{m|xno|soun}}, {{der|en|fro|son}}, from accusative of {{der|en|la|sonus}}, ultimately from {{der|en|ine-pro|*swenh₂-||to sound, resound}}.
* Verb: from {{inh|en|enm|sownden}}, {{m|enm|sounen}}, borrowed from {{der|en|xno|suner}}, {{m|fro|sounder}}, {{der|en|fro|soner}} (modern {{m|fr|sonner}}), from {{der|en|la|sonō}}.
* The hypercorrect '''-d''' appears in the fifteenth century. (Compare dialectal {{m|en|drownd|drown'''d'''}}, {{m|en|gownd|gown'''d'''}} for the same development.)
Displaced native {{ncog|enm|swei}}, from {{ncog|ang|swēġ}}, from {{ncog|gem-pro|*swōgiz}}.
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[[File:Thoth08BigasDrumEvansChalmette.jpg|thumb|right|upright|A [[drum]] produces '''sound''' via a vibrating membrane.]]
[[File:Sound Effect - Door Bell.ogg|thumb|'''Sound''' of a [[doorbell]].]]

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# A [[sensation]] [[perceived]] by the [[ear]] caused by the [[vibration]] of [[air]] or some other [[medium]].
#: {{ux|en|He turned when he heard the '''sound''' of footsteps {{nowrap|behind him}}.&emsp; {{nowrap|Nobody made a '''sound'''.}}}}
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=I|passage=The warlike '''sound''' / Of trumpets loud and clarions.|year=1873}}
#* {{RQ:Dunsany Pegana||88|Through all the Worlds are '''sounds''', the noises of moving, and the echoes of voices and song; but upon the River is no '''sound''' ever heard, for there all echoes die.}}
# A [[vibration]] capable of causing such sensations.
#* {{quote-book|en|page=501|title={{w|Encyclopædia Britannica|Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature}}| year=1820| volume=20| publisher=Archibald Constable and Company| location=Edinburgh| edition=6th| url=https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=LOQnAAAAMAAJ| passage= In trumpets for assisting the hearing, all reverbation of the trumpet must be avoided. It must be made thick, of the least elastic materials, and covered with cloth externally. For all reverbation lasts for a short time, and produces new '''sounds''' which mix with those which are coming in.}}
#* {{RQ:Weyman Chippinge Borough|I|01|passage=It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.{{nb...}}. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the '''sound''' of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.}}
# {{lb|en|music}} A [[distinctive]] [[style]] and [[sonority]] of a [[particular]] [[musician]], [[orchestra]] etc.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1954|author=Valentine Davies; et al|title=w:The Glenn Miller Story
|passage=He looks like he's got it, maybe. Listen to those kids!/There's no maybe about it. That's it, that's the '''sound'''.}}
# Noise without meaning; empty noise.
#* {{RQ:Locke Human Understanding|Of Power|section=18|23|For let us conſider this Prepoſition as to its meaning, (for it is the ſence, and not '''ſound''', that is and muſt be the Principle or common Notion) {{...}}}}
# {{l|en|earshot|Earshot}}, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
#: {{ux|en|Stay within the '''sound''' of my voice.}}
# {{lb|en|phonetics}} A [[segment]] as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a [[speech sound]].

=====Synonyms=====
* See also [[Thesaurus:sound]]

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|de|Sound|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ja|サウンド|tr=saundo|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ko|사운드|bor=1}}
* {{desc|sv|sound|bor=1}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|sensation perceived by the ear}}
{{multitrans|data=
* Abkhaz: {{t|ab|абжьы}}
* Afrikaans: {{tt|af|klank}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|tingull|m}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|ድምጽ}}
* Arabic: {{tt+|ar|صَوْت|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{tt|arz|صوت|m|tr=ṣot}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|صوت|m|tr=ṣōt}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|ձայն}}, {{tt+|hy|հնչյուն}}
* Aromanian: {{tt+|rup|son|n}}
* Assamese: {{tt|as|শব্দ}}, {{tt|as|আৱাজ}}, {{tt|as|ধ্বনি}}
* Asturian: {{tt+|ast|soníu|m}}, {{t+|ast|son|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|səs}}
* Baluchi: {{tt|bal|توار|tr=tawár}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|тауыш}}
* Basque: {{tt|eu|soinu}}, {{tt|eu|hots}}
* Belarusian: {{tt+|be|гук}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|শব্দ}}, {{tt+|bn|আওয়াজ}}, {{t+|bn|ধ্বনি}}
* Bikol Central: {{tt+|bcl|tanog}}
* Brunei Malay: {{tt|kxd|bunyi}}, {{tt|kxd|bungi}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|звук|m}}, {{t+|bg|шум}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|အသံ}}
* Carpathian Rusyn: {{t|rue|звук|m}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|so}}
* Chechen: {{tt|ce|аз}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt+|yue|聲|tr=sing1, seng1}}, {{tt|yue|聲音|tr=sing1 jam1, seng1 jam1}}
*: Dungan: {{tt|dng|шын}}, {{tt|dng|йин}}, {{tt|dng|щён}}
*: Eastern Min: {{t|cdo|聲音}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|聲音|tr=sâng-yîm}}
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|聲音|tr=siaⁿ-im}}, {{t|nan-hbl|聲|tr=seng / siaⁿ}}
*: Jin: {{t|cjy|聲音}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|聲音|tr=shēngyīn}}, {{tt+|cmn|聲|tr=shēng}}, {{tt+|cmn|響|tr=xiǎng}}, {{tt+|cmn|音聲|tr=yīnshēng}}
*: Wu: {{t|wuu|聲音}}
* Chuvash: {{t|cv|сасӑ}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{tt|crh|davuş}}, {{tt|crh|ses}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|zvuk|m}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|lyd|c}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|geluid|n}}, {{tt+|nl|klank|m}}
* Early Assamese: {{tt|inc-oas|শবদ}}
* Erzya: {{tt|myv|эне}}, {{tt|myv|гайге}}
* Esperanto: {{tt+|eo|sono}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|heli}}, {{t+|et|hääl}}
* Even: {{t|eve|иг}}
* Evenki: {{t|evn|иг}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|ljóð|n}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|ääni}}
* Franco-Provençal: {{t-needed|frp}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|son|m}}
* Friulian: {{tt|fur|sun|m}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|son|m}}, {{tt+|gl|soar|m}}
* Georgian: {{tt+|ka|ხმა}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Klang|m}}, {{tt+|de|Schall|m}}, {{tt+|de|Laut|m}}
*: Alemannic German: {{tt|gsw|Grüüsch|n}}
* Gothic: {{tt|got|𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌿𐍃|m}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|ήχος|m}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|ψόφος|m}}, {{tt|grc|ἦχος|m}}, {{tt|grc|φθόγγος|m}}
* Gujarati: {{tt+|gu|ધ્વનિ}}
* Hausa: {{t|ha|amo}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|קוֹל|m|tr=kol}}, {{tt+|he|צליל|m|tr=tslil}}, {{tt+|he|הֶגֶה|m|tr=heggé}}, {{tt+|he|שֵׁמַע|m|tr=shemaʿ}}
* Hindi: {{tt|hi|ध्वनी|f}}, {{tt|hi|आवाज़|f}}, {{t+|hi|शब्द|m}}, {{t+|hi|स्वर|m}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|hang}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|hljóð|n}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|sono}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|bunyi}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|оаз}}
* Interlingua: {{tt|ia|sono}}
* Irish: {{tt+|ga|fuaim|f}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|suono|m}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|音|tr=おと, oto}}, {{tt+|ja|音声|tr=おんせい, onsei}}, {{tt+|ja|響き|tr=ひびき, hibiki}}
* Javanese: {{t+|jv|swara}}, {{t|jv|uni}}
* Jeju: {{t|jje|소리}}
* Jingpho: {{tt|kac|nsen}}
* Kannada: {{tt+|kn|ಸ್ವಸ್ಥ}}, {{tt+|kn|ಶಬ್ದ}}
* Kashubian: {{tt|csb|zwãk|m}}
* Kazakh: {{tt+|kk|дыбыс}}
* Khmer: {{tt|km|សូរសំឡេង}}, {{tt+|km|សំឡេង}}, {{tt+|km|សូរ}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|소리}}, {{tt+|ko|음(音)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt+|ckb|دەنگ}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|deng|m}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|тыбыш}}, {{tt+|ky|дабыш}}, {{tt+|ky|добуш}}
* Lao: {{tt+|lo|ສຽງ}}
* Latgalian: {{tt|ltg|skons|m}}
* Latin: {{tt+|la|sonus|m}}, {{tt|la|sonor|m}}, {{tt|la|sonitus|m}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|skaņa|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|gar̃sas|m}}
* Lü: {{tt|khb|ᦵᦉᧂ}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|звук|m}}, {{tt+|mk|глас|m}} {{qualifier|phonetics}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|bunyi}}
* Malayalam: {{tt+|ml|ഒച്ച}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|ħoss|m}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᠠᠰᡠᡴᡳ}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|hou}}, {{tt|mi|oro}}, {{tt|mi|hiere}} {{qualifier|of singing}}
* Marathi: {{tt+|mr|आवाज}}, {{tt|mr|ध्वनी}}
* Mingrelian: {{tt|xmf|ხუმა}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt+|mn|дуу}}
*: Mongolian: {{tt|mn|ᠳᠠᠭᠤ}}
* Nepali: {{tt|ne|ध्वनि}}, {{t+|ne|आवाज}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|lyd|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|lyd|m}}, {{tt|nn|ljod|m|n}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|son|m}}
* Odia: {{t+|or|ଶବ୍ଦ}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|звукъ|m}} {{qualifier|Russian recension}}
* Old English: {{tt|ang|swēġ|m}}
* Old Javanese: {{t|kaw|uni}}, {{t|kaw|swara}}
* Old Norse: {{tt|non|hljóð|n}}
* Ossetian: {{t|os|зӕл}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|سس|tr=ses}}
* Pannonian Rusyn: {{t|rsk|звук|m}}
* Pashto: {{tt+|ps|غږ|m|tr=ǧaẓ}}, {{t+|ps|آواز|m|tr=āwāz}}, {{t+|ps|صوت|m|tr=sawt}}
* Persian:
*: Dari: {{t+|prs|آوَاز}}, {{t+|prs|صَدَا}}, {{t+|prs|صَوْت}}
*: Iranian Persian: {{tt+|fa-ira|آواز}}, {{tt+|fa-ira|صِدا}}, {{tt+|fa-ira|صَدا}}, {{t+|fa-ira|صُوْت}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|dźwięk|m}}, {{tt+|pl|fonia|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|som}}
* Punjabi:
*: Gurmukhi: {{t|pa|ਧੁਨੀ|f}}, {{t+|pa|ਆਵਾਜ਼|f}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|sunet|n}}
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|sun}}, {{tt|rm|tun}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|звук|m}}, {{t+|ru|шум}}
* Sanskrit: {{tt+|sa|स्वर|m}}, {{tt+|sa|शब्द|m}}, {{tt+|sa|नाद|m}}, {{tt+|sa|घोष|m}}, {{t+|sa|ध्वनि}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|sonu}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|soun}}, {{tt|sco|luid}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|fuaim|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|зву̑к|m}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|zvȗk|m}}
* Shan: {{tt+|shn|သဵင်}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|sonu}}
* Silesian: {{t|szl|klang|m}}
* Sindhi: {{t+|sd|آوازُ|m|tr=āvāzu}}
* Sinhalese: {{tt|si|සද්දෙ}}
* Slovak: {{tt|sk|zvuk|m}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|zvok|m}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|zuk|m}}
* Southern Altai: {{tt|alt|табыш}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|sonido|m}}
*: Old Spanish: {{tt|osp|son|m}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|sauti}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|ljud|n}}
* Tagalog: {{tt+|tl|tunog}}
* Tajik: {{tt+|tg|овоз}}, {{tt+|tg|садо}}, {{t|tg|савт}}
* Tamil: {{tt+|ta|ஒலி}}, {{t+|ta|சத்தம்}}
* Tatar: {{tt+|tt|тавыш}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|శబ్దం}}, {{tt+|te|ధ్వని}}, {{tt+|te|సవ్వడి}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|เสียง}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|སྒྲ}}
* Tigrinya: {{t|ti|ድምጺ}}
* Tocharian B: {{tt|txb|weśeñña}}, {{tt|txb|weśeñño}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|ses}}
* Turkmen: {{tt|tk|ses}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|звук|m}}
* Urdu: {{tt+|ur|آواز|f}}, {{t|ur|صَوت|f}}, {{t|ur|نِدا|f}}, {{t|ur|صَدا|f}}
* Uyghur: {{tt|ug|تاۋۇش}}, {{t|ug|ئاۋاز}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|tovush}}, {{t+|uz|ovoz}}, {{t+|uz|sado}}, {{t+|uz|savt}} {{qualifier|archaic}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|âm thanh}} ({{tt|vi|音聲}}), {{tt+|vi|tiếng}}
* Volapük: {{tt+|vo|ton}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|sŵn|m}}
* West Frisian: {{tt|fy|lûd}}
* Xhosa: {{tt|xh|isandi|c7|c8}}
* Yakut: {{t|sah|тыас}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|קלאַנג|m}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|ìró}}
* Zhuang: {{tt|za|hing}}, {{tt|za|yaem}}
* Zulu: {{tt|zu|umsindo|c3|c4}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|vibration capable of causing this}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|tingull|m}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|ձայն}}, {{tt+|hy|հնչյուն}}
* Basque: {{tt+|eu|sound}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|so|m}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|zvuk|m}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|lyd|c}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|ääni}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|son|m}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|son|m}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|ბგერა}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Schall|m}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|ήχος|m}}
* Hindi: {{tt|hi|ध्वनी|f}}, {{tt|hi|आवाज़|f}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|hangzás}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|suono|m}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|音|tr=おと, oto}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|skaņa|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|gar̃sas|m}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|звук}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|lyd|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|lyd|m}}, {{tt|nn|ljod|m|n}}
* Old English: {{tt|ang|swēġ|m}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|dźwięk|m}}, {{tt+|pl|fonia|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|som|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|звук|m}}
* Sanskrit: {{tt+|sa|स्वर|m}}, {{tt+|sa|शब्द|m}}, {{tt+|sa|ध्वन्|m}}, {{tt+|sa|नाद|m}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|soun}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|fuaim|m}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|sonido|m}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|ljud|n}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|శబ్దం}}, {{tt+|te|ధ్వని}}, {{tt+|te|సవ్వడి}}
* Urdu: {{tt+|ur|آواز|tr=āvāz|f}}
}}<!-- close {{multitrans}} -->
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|speech sound}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|äänne}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|ìró}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Afrikaans: {{t-check|af|klank}}
* Arabic: {{t+check|ar|صَوْت|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+check|nl|geluid|n}}, {{t+check|nl|klank|m}}, {{t+check|nl|toon|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t+check|eo|sono}}
* German: {{qualifier|the physical phenomenon}} {{t+check|de|Schall|m}}, {{t+check|de|Klang|m}}, {{t+check|de|Geräusch|n}}, {{t+check|de|Ton|m}}, {{qualifier|of speech}} {{t+check|de|Laut|m}}
* Greenlandic: {{t-check|kl|nipi}}
* Guaraní: {{t-check|gn|pu}}
* Hebrew: {{t+check|he|קול|tr=kol|sc=Hebr}}
* Icelandic: {{qualifier|1}} {{t+check|is|hljóð|n}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|bunyi}}
* Korean: {{t+check|ko|소리|sc=Kore}}
* Northern Sami: {{t-check|se|jietna}}
* Persian: {{t+check|fa|صدا|tr=sedâ}}
* Romanian: {{t+check|ro|sunet|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t-check|sh|зву̑к|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+check|sh|zvȗk|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+check|sl|zvok|m}}, {{t+check|sl|glas|m}}
* Tagalog: {{t+check|tl|tinig}}
* Tupinambá: {{t-check|tpn|pu}}
* Turkish: {{t+check|tr|ses}}, {{t+check|tr|seda}}, {{t+check|tr|avaz}}
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=====See also=====
* {{l|en|audible}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To produce a sound.
#: {{ux|en|When the horn '''sounds''', take cover.}}
# {{lb|en|copulative}} To convey an impression by one's sound.
#: {{ux|en|He '''sounded''' good when we last spoke.}}
#: {{ux|en|That story '''sounds''' like a pack of lies!}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet|II|ii|passage=How silver-sweet '''sound''' lovers' tongues!}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
#* {{RQ:Geneva Bible|1 Thessalonians|I|8|95|For from you '''ſounded''' out the worde of the Lord, not in Macedonia & in Achaia onely: but your faith alſo which is towarde God, ſpred abroade in all quarters, that we nede not to ſpeake any thing.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To [[resound]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive|legal|often|with ''in''}} To [[arise]] or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal [[remedy]].
#: {{ux|en|In my opinion this claim '''sounds''' in damages rather than in an injunction.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1999|author=Supreme Court of the United States|title=City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Montery, Ltd. et al.|url=http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/97-1235.ZS.html|passage={{...}}there can be no doubt that claims brought pursuant to § 1983 '''sound''' in tort.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to produce a sound.
#: {{ux|en|'''Sound''' the alarm!}}
#: {{ux|en|He '''sounds''' the instrument.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|phonetics|of a vowel or consonant}} To pronounce.
#: {{ux|en|The "e" in "house" isn't '''sounded'''.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|to make noise}} {{l|en|echo}}, {{l|en|reecho}}, {{l|en|resonate}}
* See also [[Thesaurus:sound]]

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to produce a sound}}
{{multitrans|data=
* Arabic: {{tt+|ar|صَوَتَ}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|طَلَّع صوت|tr=ṭallaʕ ṣōt}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|հնչել}}, {{tt|hy|[[ձայն]] [[հանել]]}}
* Aromanian: {{tt|rup|asun}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt|az|səslənmək}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|гуча́ць|impf}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|звуча́|impf}}, {{tt+|bg|прозвуча́вам|pf}}, {{tt|bg|[[издавам]] [[звук]]|impf}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|မြည်}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|sonar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|響|tr=xiǎng}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|znít|impf}}
* Dalmatian: {{tt|dlm|sonur}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|lyde}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|klinken}}, {{tt+|nl|luiden}}, {{tt|nl|[[geluid]] [[maken]]}}, {{tt|nl|[[toon]] [[voortbrengen]]}}
* Esperanto: {{tt|eo|soni}}
* Estonian: {{tt|et|helisema}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|soida}}, {{tt+|fi|äännähtää}}, {{tt|fi|[[päästää]] [[ääni]]}}, {{tt+|fi|kajahtaa}}, {{tt|fi|törähtää}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|sonner}}
* Friulian: {{tt|fur|sunâ}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|soar}}
* German: {{tt+|de|klingen}}, {{tt+|de|erklingen}}, {{tt+|de|lauten}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|ἠχέω}}
* Guaraní: {{tt|gn|pu}}, {{t|gn|mbopu}}
* Hebrew: {{tt|he|השמיע קול|tr=hishmía kol}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|megszólal}}, {{tt+|hu|felhangzik}}, {{tt+|hu|felcsendül}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|hljóma}}, {{tt|is|hljóða}}
* Interlingua: {{tt|ia|sonar}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|suonare}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|鳴る|tr=なる, naru|sc=Jpan}}
* Jeju: {{t|jje|울리다}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|울리다}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt|ckb|دەنگ دان}}
* Latin: {{tt|la|sonō}}, {{tt+|la|cano}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt|lt|skambėti}}, {{tt|lt|leisti garsą}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|звучи|impf}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|bunyi|alt=berbunyi}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|nganga}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt|nb|lyde}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|sonar}}
* Old English: {{tt|ang|swēġan}}
* Persian: {{tt|fa|صدا دادن|tr=sedâ dâdan}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|brzmieć|impf}}, {{t+|pl|dźwięczeć}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|soar}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|suna}}
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|sondar}}, {{tt|rm|sunar}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|звуча́ть|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|прозвуча́ть|pf}}, {{tt|ru|[[издава́ть]] [[звук]]|impf}}, {{tt|ru|[[изда́ть]] [[звук]]|pf}}
* Sanskrit: {{tt+|sa|स्वनति}}
* Sardinian: {{tt|sc|sonai}}, {{tt|sc|sonare}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|звучати|impf}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|zvučati|impf}}
* Slovak: {{tt|sk|znieť|impf}}
* Slovene: {{tt|sl|zveneti|impf}}, {{tt|sl|zazveneti|pf}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|sonar}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|ljuda}}, {{tt+|sv|låta}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|మోగు}}, {{tt+|te|ధ్వనించు}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Tupinambá: {{tt|tpn|pu}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt|uk|звуча́ти|impf}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|kêu vang}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|dún}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to convey an impression by one's sound}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt|az|səslənmək}}, {{tt+|az|gəlmək}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|звуча}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|sonar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|聽起來|tr=tīngqǐlái}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|lyde}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|klinken}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kuulostaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|avoir l'air}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|soar}}, {{tt+|gl|soar}}
* German: {{tt+|de|klingen}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|ακούγομαι}}, {{tt+|el|ηχώ}}
* Hebrew: {{tt|he|להשמיע|tr=l'hashmiʿa}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|hangzik}}, {{tt+|hu|hangzású}}, {{tt|hu|… [[hang]]ja [[van]]}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|fuaimnigh}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|sembrare}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt|lt|skambėti}}
* Old English: {{tt|ang|swēġan}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|parecer}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|suna}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|звуча́ть|impf}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|sonar}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|swnio}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|law: to arise}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|perustua}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|関係|tr=kankei suru|alt=関係する}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to cause to produce a sound}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Czech: {{tt|cs|rozeznít}}, {{tt|cs|rozezvučet}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|lade}} {{tt|da|lyde}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|luiden}}, {{t|nl|doen klinken}}
* Esperanto: {{t-needed|eo}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|soittaa}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|sonner}} {{tt+|fr|de}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|tocar}}
* Hebrew: {{tt|he|הַשְׁמַע|tr=hašmaʿ}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|megszólaltat}}, {{tt|hu|[[hangjelzés]]t [[ad]]}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|鳴らす|tr=narasu}}
* Korean: {{tt|ko|[[소리]]를 [[내다]]|sc=Kore}}
* Spanish: {{t-needed|es}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|మోగించు}}, {{tt+|te|ధ్వనించు}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to pronounce}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|произнасям}}
* Czech: {{tt|cs|vyslovovat}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|ääntää}}, {{tt+|fi|lausua}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|prononcer}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|soar}}
* German: {{tt+|de|aussprechen}}
* Hebrew: {{tt|he|להגות|m|tr=l'haggót}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|ejt}}, {{tt+|hu|kiejt}}, {{tt+|hu|kimond}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pronunciare}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wymawiać}}
}}<!-- close {{multitrans}} -->
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|udtale}} <!-- Was under "to state or utter, especially with deliberation; to repeat" -->
* French: {{t+|fr|exprimer}} <!-- Was under "to state or utter, especially with deliberation; to repeat" -->
{{trans-bottom}}

====Derived terms====
{{der4|en|sound-symbolic|by the sound of it| sound bath|sound and fury|sound table|sound therapy|empty vessels make the most sound|[[high lonesome sound]]|infrasound|instantaneous sound pressure|missound|outsound|second sound|soundage|sound-alike|sound alphabet|[[sound and light]]/[[sound-and-light show]]|sound barrier|[[sound bite]]/[[soundbite]]|sound bow|sound box|sound camera|sound card|sounded|sound effect|sound energy|sound engineer|sound engineering|sounder|soundex|sound film|soundfont|sound hole|sounding board|sound law|soundless|sound like|[[sound man]]/[[soundman]]|sound off|sound out|sound pollution|sound pressure|sound projection|[[soundproof]]/[[sound-proof]]|sound recording|sound reproduction|soundscape|sound spectrum|[[sound stage]]/[[soundstage]]|sound structure|sound system|[[sound track]]/[[soundtrack]]|sound truck|sound wave|word sound|speech sound|speed of sound|[[surround-sound]]/[[surround sound]]|third heart sound|third sound|ultrasound|unsound|voiced sound|soundset|Bakersfield sound|Canterbury sound|found sound|heart sound|I can't hear you over the sound of|like the sound of one's own voice|Liverpool sound|Mersey sound|Nashville sound|re-sound|San Francisco sound|sh sound|sound art|sound artist|sound blimp|sound booth|sound change|sound clip|sound cut|sound head|sounding stone|sound isolation|sound mirror|sound on the goose|sound plural|sound poetry|sound post|sound symbolism|sound technician|sound wall|th sound|wall of sound|Bristol sound|Jersey sound|New Jersey sound|sound bowl|sound design|sound designer|sound money|sound shadow|sound the alarm|sound shift|sound-on-film|Minneapolis sound|soundgarden}}

===Etymology 3===
From {{inh|en|enm|sound}}, {{m|enm|sund}}, from {{inh|en|ang|sund||the power, capacity, or act of swimming; swimming; sea; ocean; water; sound; strait; channel}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sundą||swimming; sound}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*swem-||swimming; sea}}.

Cognate with {{cog|nl|zond||sound; strait}}, {{cog|da|sund||sound; strait; channel}}, {{cog|sv|sund||sound; strait; channel}}, {{cog|is|sund||sound; strait; channel}}. Related to {{l|en|swim}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}
{{wikipedia|Sound (geography)}}

# {{senseid|en|sea inlet or strait}} {{lb|en|geography|landforms}} A long narrow [[inlet]], or a [[strait]] between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
#: {{ux|en|[[w:en:Puget Sound|Puget '''Sound''']]; [[w:en:Owen Sound|Owen '''Sound''']]; [[w:en:Long Island Sound|Long Island '''Sound''']]}}
#* {{RQ:Camden Remaines
|passage=The '''Sound''' of Denmarke, where ships pay toll.}}
# The [[air bladder]] of a [[fish]].
#: {{ux|en|Cod '''sounds''' are an esteemed article of food.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1997|title=Cod|author=Mark Kurlansky|page=118|text=The head was chopped off, the belly opened, the liver set aside--sometimes along with the roe, '''sounds''', throats, and other items.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|en
|Ironbottom Sound
|Marlborough Sounds|Norton Sound|Scoresby Sound
|McMurdo Sound
|Milford Sound
|Owen Sound
|Plymouth Sound|Prince William Sound
|Puget Sound
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|long narrow inlet}}
{{multitrans|data=
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пролив}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|sund|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|sond}}, {{t+|nl|zeeëngte|f}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|sund|n}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|lahti}}, {{q|fjord}} {{tt+|fi|vuono}}; {{q|strait}} {{t+|fi|salmi}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Sund|m}}, {{t+|de|Belt|m}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|πορθμός|m}}
* Hebrew: {{tt|he|מייצר|m|tr=meitsár}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|sund|n}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|sunda|m}}, {{tt|ga|caolas|m}}, {{tt+|ga|béal|m}}, {{tt|ga|bealach|m}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|insenatura|f}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|入り江|tr=irie}}
* Lushootseed: {{t|lut|x̌ʷəlč}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|драга|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|sund|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|sund|n}}
* Old English: {{tt|ang|sund|n}}
* Old Norse: {{tt|non|sund|n}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|بوغاز|tr=boğaz}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|cieśnina|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|enseada|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|проли́в|m}}, {{tt+|ru|кана́л|m}}
* Slovak: {{tt|sk|prieliv|m}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|estrecho|m}}, {{tt+|es|seno|m}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|sund|n}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|boğaz}}
* Welsh: {{tt|cy|swnt|m}}
}}<!-- close {{multitrans}} -->
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|air bladder|swim bladder}}

{{trans-see|cuttlefish}}

===Etymology 4===
From {{inh|en|enm|sounden}}, from {{der|en|fro|sonder}}, from {{m|fro|sonde||sounding line}} of {{der|en|gem|-}} origin, compare {{cog|ang|sundgyrd||a sounding rod}}, {{m|ang|sundline||a sounding line}}, {{cog|ang|sund||water, sea}}. More at [[#Etymology 3|Etymology 3 above]].

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} Of a [[whale]], to [[dive]] downwards.
#: {{ux|en|The whale '''sounded''' and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.}}
# To [[ascertain]], or to try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
#: {{ux|en|When I '''sounded''' him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Richard 2|I|i|23|1|Tell me moreouer, haſt thou '''ſounded''' him,/If he appeale the Duke on ancient malice,/Or worthily as a good ſubiect ſhould/On ſome knowne ground of treacherie in him.}}
#* {{RQ:Dryden Indian Emperour|scene=i|page=40|passage=I was in Jeſt: / And by that offer meant to '''ſound''' your breaſt.}}
#* {{RQ:Addison Cato|1|1|passage=I've '''sounded''' my Numidians man by man.}}
# To [[fathom]] or [[test]]; to ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
#: {{ux|en|Mariners on sailing ships would '''sound''' the depth of the water with a weighted rope.}}
#* {{RQ:Marlowe Tamburlaine|part=1|scene=ii|page=46|passage=As when the Sea-man {{...}}/All fearefull foldes his ſailes, and '''ſounds''' the maine,/Lifting his prayers to the heauens for aid,/Againſt the terrour of the winds and waues.}}
# {{lb|en|medicine}} To [[examine]] with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by [[auscultation]] or [[percussion]].
#: {{ux|en|to '''sound''' a patient, or the bladder or urethra}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|sounding board}}
* {{l|en|sounding line}}
* {{l|en|sounding rocket}}
* {{l|en|sounding rod}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to dive downwards, of a whale}}
{{multitrans|data=
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|гмуркам се}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|dykke}} (ned)
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|sukeltaa}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|sondar}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|潜る|tr=moguru}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to probe}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|сондирам}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|lodde}}, {{tt|da|sondere}}, {{tt|da|pejle}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|peilen}}, {{q|medical}} {{t+|nl|sonderen}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|tutkia}}, {{tt+|fi|kokeilla}}, {{tt+|fi|sondeerata}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|sonder}}
* German: {{tt+|de|sondieren}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|ακροώμαι}}
* Hebrew: {{tt|he|גישש|tr=gishésh}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|sondar}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|調べる|tr=shiraberu}}, {{tt+|ja|探る|tr=saguru}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|сонди́ра|sc=Cyrl}}
* Norman: {{tt|nrf|sonder}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|sondar}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|зонди́ровать}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|sondear}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to test}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|изпитвам}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|pejle}}, {{tt+|da|prøve}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|biri}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|testata}}, {{tt|fi|koestaa}} {{qualifier|in general}}, {{tt+|fi|luodata}} {{qualifier|nautical: to measure the depth of water}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|tester}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|βολιδοσκοπώ}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|sondar}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|調べる|tr=shiraberu}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|tāwēwē}}, {{tt|mi|whakatātūtū}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|зонди́ровать}}
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====Noun====
{{en-noun}}
{{wikipedia|sound (medical instrument)}}
[[File:Uterine sound (single use).jpg|thumb]]

# {{lb|en|medicine}} A long, thin [[probe]] for [[sound#Verb|sounding]] or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a [[sonde]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1951|month=January|author=Gordon W. Reynolds|title=The Female Urethra and Chronic Urethritis|journal=Northwest Medicine|volume=50|issue=1|location=Portland, Ore.|publisher=Northwest Medical Publishing Association|page=34|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/northwestmedicin5019nort/page/34/mode/2up?q=sounds|passage=Most mild cases respond very nicely to such relatively simple office procedures as dilatations with '''sounds''' of increasing calibre, followed by the instillation of an ounce of 5 per cent argyrol in the bladder.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals}}
{{multitrans|data=
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|сонда|f}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|sonde|c}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|koetin}}, {{tt+|fi|sondi}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|sonde|f}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Sonde|f}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|στηθοσκόπιο|n}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|זונדה|f|tr=zónda}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|探子|tr=tanshi}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|сонда|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|sonda|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|зонд|m}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|sonda|f}}
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===References===
* {{R:OneLook}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=dnosu|nodus|udons|undos}}

{{C|en|Sleep|Sound}}

==Indonesian==

===Etymology===
{{pseudo-loan|id|en}}. An {{ellipsis|id|nocap=1}} of {{bor|id|en|sound system}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{id-pr|saun}}

===Noun===
{{head|id|noun}}

# {{lb|id|colloquial}} [[sound system]]

==Italian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|it|en|sound}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|sàund<r:DiPI>}}

===Noun===
{{it-noun|m|#}}

# {{lb|it|music}} {{l|en|sound}} (distinctive style and sonority)

===References===
<references />

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=dnosu|snudo|snudò}}

==Swedish==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|sv|en|sound}}. Attested since 1954.

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|n}}

# {{lb|sv|music}} a {{l|en|sound}} (distinctive style)
#: {{ux|sv|Gruppen har ett unikt '''sound'''|The band has a unique '''sound'''}}

====Declension====
{{sv-infl-noun-n-zero}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}