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sone

UK/səʊn/US/soʊn/

sone noun: a subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz sound that has an intensity 40 decibels above the listener's own threshold of hearing. Also the obsolete spelling of son.

Noun (1)

sone (plural sones)

  1. (acoustics) a subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz sound that has an intensity 40 decibels above the listener's own threshold of hearing

Noun (2) capitalized: SONE

SONE (plural SONEs)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Sone.

Noun (3) capitalized: Sone

Sone (plural Sones)

  1. (South Korean idol fandom) A fan of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation.
    • The band is known as SNSD (acronym of Korean name So Nyuh Shi Dae). SNSD fans are called Sone^([sic]) and, yes, I am a Sone.2012 February 7, Sithikorn Wongwudthianun, “[ftp://202.60.207.28/BP/2012/02_BKP_Feb2012/07022012/BK070212L02.pdf Yes, I am a Sone]”, in The Bangkok Post, page 2
    • Their six-track EP, 'Mr.Mr' comes packed with electro and R&B infused songs that SONEs (as SNSD Girls' Generation fans are lovingly called) can dance and sing along to.2014, Lainey, Mr.Mr. review, Campus Life, Issue #89, May 2014, page 60

Also used as

sone is also the obsolete spelling of son.

Forms of sone

pluralsones
pluralSONEs
pluralSones
alternative formSONE

Plural of sone: sones

Origin of sone

From Latin sonus (“sound”).

From Korean 소원(所願) (sowon, “wish”), a reference to the 2009 Girls' Generation song, "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)."

Words that rhyme with sone

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Questions about sone

What does sone mean?
Sone means a subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz sound that has an intensity 40 decibels above the listener's own threshold of hearing.
What part of speech is sone?
Sone is a noun.
How do you pronounce sone?
Sone is pronounced /soʊn/ (US).
What is the plural of sone?
The plural of sone is sones.

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  9. Sonequa
  10. sonero
  11. soneros

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sone (page history and authors); SONE (page history and authors); Sone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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