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sonance

Syllables: son·ance

sonance noun: a sound; a tune.

Noun

sonance (countable and uncountable, plural sonances)

  1. (dated) A sound; a tune.
    • [T]hen let the Trumpets ſound / The Tucket Sonuance, and the Note to mount: / For our approach ſhall ſo much dare the field, / That England ſhall couch downe in feare, and yeeld.c. 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac...
  2. (obsolete) The quality or state of being sonant.

Forms of sonance

pluralsonances

Words formed from sonance

Questions about sonance

What does sonance mean?
Sonance means a sound; a tune.
What part of speech is sonance?
Sonance is a noun.
What is the plural of sonance?
The plural of sonance is sonances.

Words near sonance in the dictionary

  1. son-of-a-bitching
  2. son-of-a-gun stew
  3. son-out-law
  4. sona
  5. Sonamy
  6. sonance
  7. sonances
  8. sonancies
  9. sonancy
  10. sonant
  11. sonantal

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