sonar

Etymology

From SONAR, acronym from sound navigation and ranging.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sonar (plural sonars)

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

Anagrams

• Rasŏn, arson, orans, roans, saron, sorna

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan sonar, 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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sonar.

Noun

sonar m (uncountable)

1. sonar

Etymology

Borrowed from English sonar.

Noun

sonar m (plural sonars)

1. sonar

Noun

sonar

1. indefinite genitive singular of sonur

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

    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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Etymology

Borrowed from English sonar.

Noun

sonar m (plural sonares)

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English sonar.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sònār m (Cyrillic spelling со̀на̄р)

1. sonar

Etymology

From Old Spanish sonar, 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

See also

• sondear

Verb

sonar

1. present tense of sona.

Etymology

From Latin sonāre, present active infinitive of sonō. Compare Italian suonare.

Verb

sonar

1. (transitive) to play, sound