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Webster 1913 Edition
Soun
Soun
,Noun.
& Verb.
Sound.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Definition 2024
soun
soun
See also: sóun
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Pronoun
soun m (feminine sa)
Etymology 2
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
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)
Verb
soun (third-person singular present souns, present participle sounin, past sount, past participle sount)
- to sound
Adjective
soun (comparative souner, superlative sounest)