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See also: Sonar, SONAR, sónar, and soñar

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

By anacronymic evolution from SONAR.

Pronunciation

Noun

sonar (countable and uncountable, plural sonars)

  1. (nautical, usually uncountable) Artificial echolocation by use of electronic equipment, with hydrophones to locate objects underwater, using the same wave-analysis principles that radar uses.
    Synonym: ASDIC (historical)
    Hypernym: imaging
    Hyponyms: Doppler sonar, active sonar
    Coordinate terms: sodar (uses sound waves in the air), radar (uses radio waves), lidar (uses light waves); ultrasonography (uses sound waves)
    They were able to detect the sunken wreck using sonar.
  2. (nautical, countable) A device that provides such echolocation.
    Hypernym: device
    Hyponyms: Doppler sonar, active sonar
    They finally bought a new sonar to replace the 40-year-old unit that sometimes didn't work right.
  3. (loosely) Any echolocation.
    Hyponyms: biosonar, Doppler sonar, active sonar
    Submarines and bats both use sonar to navigate.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: sonar
  • Dutch: sonar
  • French: sonar
  • German: Sonar
  • Italian: sonar
  • Polish: sonar
  • Portuguese: sonar
  • Serbo-Croatian: sonar
  • Spanish: sonar
  • Thai: โซนาร์ (soo-nâa)

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Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan sonar, from Latin sonāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

sonar (first-person singular present sono, first-person singular preterite soní, past participle sonat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. (intransitive) to sound, to make a sound
  2. (intransitive) to ring, to buzz
  3. (figurative, intransitive) to ring a bell
    Em sona la seva cara.His face looks familiar.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sonar.

Pronunciation

Noun

sonar m (uncountable)

  1. sonar

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Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from English sonar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsoː.nɑr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: so‧nar
  • Rhymes: -oːnɑr

Noun

sonar m (plural sonars, no diminutive)

  1. sonar

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English sonar.

Pronunciation

Noun

sonar m (plural sonars)

  1. sonar

Descendants

Further reading

Icelandic

Noun

sonar

  1. indefinite genitive singular of sonur

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto soni (to sound), French sonner, Italian suonare, Spanish sonar, ultimately from Latin sonō (to make a noise).

Verb

sonar (present tense sonas, past tense sonis, future tense sonos, imperative sonez, conditional sonus)

  1. to ring

Conjugation

More information present, past ...
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Pronunciation

Verb

sonar

  1. to call (to name or refer to)
    Synonyms: cridar, apelar

Conjugation

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Old Norse

Noun

sonar

  1. genitive singular of sonr

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from English sonar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔ.nar/
  • Rhymes: -ɔnar
  • Syllabification: so‧nar

Noun

sonar m inan

  1. (nautical) sonar (device for locating objects underwater)
    Synonym: asdic

Declension

Further reading

  • sonar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English sonar.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: so‧nar

Noun

sonar m (plural sonares)

  1. (nautical) sonar (technique and device that uses sound propagation to detect underwater objects)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sonar.

Noun

sonar n (plural sonare)

  1. sonar

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sonar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sǒnaːr/
  • Hyphenation: so‧nar

Noun

sònār m inan (Cyrillic spelling со̀на̄р)

  1. sonar

Declension

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soˈnaɾ/ [soˈnaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: so‧nar

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish sonar, inherited from Latin sonāre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (to sound, resound).

Verb

sonar (first-person singular present sueno, first-person singular preterite soné, past participle sonado)

  1. (intransitive) to sound, to ring
  2. (intransitive) to sound (appear)
    Suena como que ya te has decidido.
    It sounds like your mind is made up.
    Suena como si no tuviéramos otra opción.
    It sounds like we don't have any other choice.
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) to ring a bell, to be familiar
    Me suena el nombre, pero no lo ubico.
    His name rings a bell but I can't place him.
  4. (transitive) to make sound, to play
    Synonym: tocar
    sonar la bocinato sound the horn
  5. (transitive, reflexive) to blow one's nose
    Despues de estornudar, me soné la nariz.
    After I sneezed, I blew my nose.
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sonar.

Noun

sonar m (plural sonares)

  1. sonar (a device that uses hydrophones to locate objects underwater)
Alternative forms

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

sonar c

  1. (nautical) sonar (echolocation)
  2. (nautical) a sonar (device)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

Verb

sonar

  1. present indicative of sona

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Venetan

Etymology

From Latin sonāre. Compare Italian suonare.

Verb

sonar

  1. (transitive) to play, sound

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

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