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Sonar

Sonar

See also: sonar, SONAR, sónar, and soñar

German

Noun

Sonar n

  1. sonar (device to determine positions of objects under water)

sonar

sonar

See also: Sonar, SONAR, sónar, and soñar

English

Noun

sonar (plural sonars)

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

Synonyms

  • SONAR (acronym of sound navigation and ranging)

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Catalan

Etymology

From so, or from Latin sonāre, present active infinitive of sonō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swen- (to sound, resound).

Verb

sonar (first-person singular present sono, past participle sonat)

  1. to sound, to make a sound
  2. to ring, to buzz

Conjugation

Noun

sonar m (uncountable)

  1. sonar

French

Noun

sonar m (plural sonars)

  1. sonar

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


Portuguese

Noun

sonar m (plural sonares)

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from English sonar.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sònār m (Cyrillic spelling со̀на̄р)

  1. sonar

Declension


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sonāre, present active infinitive of sonō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swen- (to sound, resound).

Verb

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

  1. to sound, to ring
  2. (figuratively) 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.
  3. (reflexive) (figuratively) to blow one's nose
    Despues de estornudar, me soné la nariz.
    After I sneezed, I blew my nose

Conjugation

  • Rule: o becomes a ue in stressed syllables.

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Swedish

Verb

sonar

  1. present tense of sona.

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin sonāre, present active infinitive of sonō.

Verb

sonar

  1. (transitive) to play, sound

Conjugation

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