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Webster 1913 Edition


Soun

Soun

,
Noun.
&
Verb.
Sound.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


soun

soun

See also: sóun

Indonesian

Noun

soun

  1. Alternative form of suun

Occitan

Alternative forms

Pronoun

soun m

  1. (Mistralian) his, hers or its

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Latin suum

Pronoun

soun m (feminine sa)

  1. 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)

  1. 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')
  2. 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)

  1. sound
  2. noise

Verb

soun (third-person singular present souns, present participle sounin, past sount, past participle sount)

  1. to sound

Adjective

soun (comparative souner, superlative sounest)

  1. healthy, sound