clangour
Syllables: clan·gour/ˈklæŋ(ɡ)ə/US/ˈklæŋ(ɡ)ɚ/
clangour noun: a loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.
Noun
clangour (countable and uncountable, plural clangours)
- A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.
- When every least commander’s will, best soldiers had obey’d, / And both the hosts were rang’d for fight, the Trojans would have fray’d / The Greeks with noises; crying out, in coming rudely on / At all parts, like the cranes that fill with harsh confusion / Of brutish clangour all the air; […][1611?], Homer, “Book III”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new...
- And always, as the dark, inchoate eyes turned to him, there passed through Gerald's bowels a burning stroke of revolt, that seemed to resound through his whole being, threatening to break his mind with its clangour, and making him mad.1920, D. H. Lawrence, Women in Love, Chapter XXIV: Death and Love
Verb
clangour (third-person singular simple present clangours, present participle clangouring, simple past and past participle clangoured)
- To make a clanging sound.
- It clangoured through the house like a bell in a tomb.1924, Jim Tully, Beggars of Life: A Hobo Autobiography, page 67
clangour meaning in Urdu
clangour in Urdu
- کھڑکھڑ, شور, ٹھن ٹھن
Forms of clangour
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | clangours |
| alternative Canada US | clangor |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | clangours |
| present participle | clangouring |
| past participle | clangoured |
| past | clangoured |
Origin of clangour
Borrowed from Latin clangor.
Words formed from clangour
Words that rhyme with clangour
Questions about clangour
- What does clangour mean?
- Clangour means a loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.
- What is clangour in Urdu?
- Clangour in Urdu is کھڑکھڑ, شور, ٹھن ٹھن. See Clangour meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is clangour?
- Clangour can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce clangour?
- Clangour is pronounced /ˈklæŋ(ɡ)ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of clangour?
- The plural of clangour is clangours.
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Source and license
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