Polish: dźwięcznejEnglish translation: resonant (name) KudoZ The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators ... More |
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Polish term or phrase: | dźwięczna (nazwa) | | English translation: | resonant (name) | | Entered by: | Aye |
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| dźwięcznej sonorous
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sonorous
\\So*no\"rous\\, a. [L. sonorus, fr. sonor, -oris, a sound, akin to sonus a sound. See Sound.] 1. Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.
2. Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice.
3. Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous.
4. Impressive in sound; high-sounding.
The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and familiarty of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression. --Addison.
There is nothing of the artificial Johnsonian balance in his style. It is as often marked by a pregnant brevity as by a sonorous amplitude. --E. Everett.
5. (Med.) Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi.
All search for a sonorous name: either call it «Chechenia,\" or «Ichkeria.\" As children. Chechnya is Chechnya: Nokhchyiche — dwelling of Chechens. Someone says nonsense, another repeats it beware of being charged with absence of patriotism if he doesn’t.\"
It was a new flathouse, bearing carved upon its cheap stone portal its sonorous
name, \"The Vallambrosa.\"
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