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sonances

sonances is the plural of sonance.

Meaning of sonance

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.

Questions about sonances

What is sonances the plural of?
Sonances is the plural of sonance.

Words near sonances in the dictionary

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

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