sonar

From SONAR, acronym of sound navigation and ranging. Coined by American scientist Frederick Vinton Hunt in the 1940s.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊ.nɑːɹ/

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sonar (countable and uncountable, plural sonars)

1. (nautical) echolocation
2. (nautical) A device that uses hydrophones (in the same manner as radar) to locate objects underwater.

• SONAR (acronym of sound navigation and ranging)

• Doppler sonar

• radar
• lidar
• sodar

• sonar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Arons, saron, orans, sorna, Sanor, Rasŏn, roans, arson, Naros, Rason

Inherited from Old Catalan sonar, from Latin sonāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

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.

• resonar
• so

Borrowed from English sonar.

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia)

sonar m (uncountable)

1. sonar

• “sonar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sonar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “sonar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sonar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

sonar

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Borrowed from English sonar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoː.nɑr/

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• Hyphenation: so‧nar
• Rhymes: -oːnɑr

sonar m (plural sonars)

1. sonar

• grondsonar
• sonarapparaat
• sonarapparatuur
• sonarhut
• sonarsignaal
• sonarsysteem
• sonarvis

Borrowed from English sonar.

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sonar m (plural sonars)

1. sonar

• → Romanian: sonar
• → Turkish: sonar

• “sonar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

sonar

1. indefinite genitive singular of sonur

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

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

1. to ring

    Conjugation of sonar

		present		past		future
infinitive		sonar		sonir		sonor
tense		sonas		sonis		sonos
conditional		sonus
imperative		sonez
adjective active participle		sonanta		soninta		sononta
adverbial active participle		sonante		soninte		sononte
nominal active participle	singular	sonanto		soninto		sononto
	plural	sonanti		soninti		sononti
adjective passive participle		sonata		sonita		sonota
adverbial passive participle		sonate		sonite		sonote
nominal passive participle	singular	sonato		sonito		sonoto
	plural	sonati		soniti		sonoti

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sonar

1. to call (to name or refer to)

   Synonyms: cridar, apelar

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		sonar			aver sonat
gerund		sonant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		sonat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	soni	sonas	sona	sonam	sonatz	sonan
	imperfect	sonavi	sonavas	sonava	sonàvem	sonàvetz	sonavan
	preterite	sonèri	sonères	sonèt	sonèrem	sonèretz	sonèron
	future	sonarai	sonaràs	sonarà	sonarem	sonaretz	sonaràn
	conditional	sonariái	sonariás	sonariá	sonariam	sonariatz	sonarián
	conditional 2nd form1	sonèra	sonèras	sonèra	soneram	soneratz	sonèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	sone	sones	sone	sonem	sonetz	sonen
	imperfect	sonèssi	sonèsses	sonèsse	sonèssem	sonèssetz	sonèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			sona		sonem	sonatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		sonar			aver sonat
gerund		sonant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		sonat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	sone	sones	sona	sonam	sonatz	sonon
	imperfect	sonave	sonaves	sonava	sonaviam	sonaviatz	sonavon
	preterite	sonere	soneres	sonet	sonem	sonetz	soneron
	future	sonarai	sonaràs	sonará	sonarem	sonaretz	sonarán
	conditional	sonariá	sonariás	sonariá	sonariam	sonariatz	sonarián
	conditional 2nd form1	sonèra	sonèras	sonèra	soneram	soneratz	sonèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	sone	sones	sone	sonassiam	sonassiatz	sonon
	imperfect	sonesse	sonesses	sonesse	sonessiam	sonessiatz	sonesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			sona		sonassiam	sonatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		sonar			aver sonat
gerund		sonant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		sonat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	soni	sonas	sona	sonam	sonatz	sonan
	imperfect	sonavi	sonavas	sonava	sonàvam	sonàvatz	sonavan
	preterite	sonèi	sonès	sonè	sonèm	sonètz	sonèn
	future	sonarèi	sonaràs	sonarà	sonaram	sonaratz	sonaràn
	conditional	sonarí	sonarés	sonaré	sonarem	sonaretz	sonarén
	conditional 2nd form1	sonèra	sonèras	sonèra	soneram	soneratz	sonèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	soni	sones	sone	sonem	sonetz	sonen
	imperfect	sonèssi	sonèsses	sonèsse	sonèssem	sonèssetz	sonèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			sona		sonem	sonatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		sonar			aver sonat
gerund		sonant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		sonat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	sone	sonas	sona	sonam	sonatz	sonan
	imperfect	sonava	sonavas	sonava	sonàvam	sonàvatz	sonavan
	preterite	sonei	soneras	sonet	sonèram	sonèratz	soneran
	future	sonarai	sonaràs	sonará	sonarem	sonaretz	sonarán
	conditional	sonariá	sonariàs	sonariá	sonariam	sonariatz	sonarián
	conditional 2nd form1	sonèra	sonèras	sonèra	soneram	soneratz	sonèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	sone	sones	sone	sonem	sonetz	sonen
	imperfect	sonèsse	sonèsses	sonèsse	sonèssem	sonèssetz	sonèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			sona		sonem	sonatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		sonar			aver sonat
gerund		sonant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		sonat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	sone	sones	sona	sonam	sonatz	sonan
	imperfect	sonavi	sonavas	sonava	sonàvem	sonàvetz	sonavan
	preterite	sonère	sonères	sonèt	soneriam	soneriatz	sonèron
	future	sonarai	sonaràs	sonarà	sonarem	sonaretz	sonaràn
	conditional	sonariáu	sonariás	sonariá	sonariam	sonariatz	sonarián
	conditional 2nd form1	sonèra	sonèras	sonèra	soneram	soneratz	sonèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	sone	sones	sone	sonem	sonetz	sonan
	imperfect	sonèsse	sonèsses	sonèsse	sonessiam	sonessiatz	sonèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			sona		sonem	sonatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

sonar

1. genitive singular of sonr

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

sonar

Wikipedia ^pl

Borrowed from English sonar.

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

sonar m inan

1. (nautical) sonar (device for locating objects underwater)

   Synonym: asdic

• sonar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from English sonar.

• Hyphenation: so‧nar

sonar m (plural sonares)

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

Borrowed from French sonar.

sonar n (plural sonare)

1. sonar

Borrowed from English sonar.

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

sònār m (Cyrillic spelling со̀на̄р)

1. sonar

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

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

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

1. (intransitive) to sound, to ring
   • 2014, “Suena La Alarma”, performed by Daddy Yankee:

     Suena la alarma, que mi nena esta robándose el show / Oh síguelo

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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 bocina ― to 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.

Borrowed from English sonar.

sonar m (plural sonares)

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

• sónar

• “sonar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

sonar c

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

sonar

1. present indicative of sona

• sonar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sonar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sonar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• Arons, nosar, sorna

From Latin sonāre. Compare Italian suonare.

sonar

1. (transitive) to play, sound

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