soun
See also: sóun
Indonesian
Noun
soun
- Alternative form of suun
Occitan
Alternative forms
- son
Pronoun
soun m
- (Mistralian) his, hers or its
Old French
Alternative forms
- sun
- son
Etymology 1
Latin suum
Pronoun
soun m (feminine sa)
- his/her/one's/its (third-person singular possessive pronoun)
Etymology 2
Latin sonus
Noun
soun m (oblique plural souns, nominative singular souns, nominative plural soun)
- sound; noise
- Pur la mort son pere plure a mout haut soun
- After the death of his father, he wailed loudly (literally, 'with very high sound')
- Pur la mort son pere plure a mout haut soun
- tune; song
Related terms
- souner
Descendants
- English: sound (borrowed)
Scots
Etymology
Anglo-Norman soun. The verb is either from the noun or Anglo-Norman souner.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sun/
Noun
soun (plural souns)
- sound
- noise
Verb
soun (third-person singular present souns, present participle sounin, past sount, past participle sount)
- to sound
Adjective
soun (comparative souner, superlative sounest)
- healthy, sound