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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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Translations

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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

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

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.
    Conjugation of sonar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive sonar
gerund sonando
past participle masculine feminine
singular sonado sonada
plural sonados sonadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present sueno suenastú
sonásvos 		suena sonamos sonáis suenan
imperfect sonaba sonabas sonaba sonábamos sonabais sonaban
preterite soné sonaste sonó sonamos sonasteis sonaron
future sonaré sonarás sonará sonaremos sonaréis sonarán
conditional sonaría sonarías sonaría sonaríamos sonaríais sonarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present suene suenes suene sonemos sonéis suenen
imperfect
(ra)		 sonara sonaras sonara sonáramos sonarais sonaran
imperfect
(se)		 sonase sonases sonase sonásemos sonaseis sonasen
future sonare sonares sonare sonáremos sonareis sonaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative suenatú
sonávos 		suene sonemos sonad suenen
negative no suenes no suene no sonemos no sonéis no suenen

Other verbs with this conjugation:

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-ar_(conjugation_o-ue)'>Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation o-ue)</a>

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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.
Conjugation of sonar (first conjugation)
infinitive sonar
auxiliary verb aver gerund sonando
past participle sonà
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative mi ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
present sono (te) soni (el/ła) sona sonémo, sonòn soné (i/łe) sona
imperfect sonava (te) sonavi (el/ła) sonava sonàvimo sonavi (i/łe) sonava
future sonarò (te) sonarè (el/ła) sonarà sonarémo sonarè (i/łe) sonarà
conditional mi ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
present sonarìa (te) sonarisi (el/ła) sonarìa sonarìsimo sonarisi (i/łe) sonarìa
subjunctive che mi che ti che eło / eła che noialtri / noialtre che voialtri / voialtre che łuri / łore
present sone, sona (te) soni (el/ła) sone, (el/ła) sona sonémo, sonone soné (i/łe) sone, (i/łe) sona
imperfect sonase (te) sonasi (el/ła) sonase sonàsimo sonasi (i/łe) sonase
imperative — ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
— (te) sona (el/ła) sona, (el/ła) sone sonémo soné (i/łe) sona, (i/łe) sone

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

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