sonar

See also: Sonar, SONAR, sónar, and soñar

English

Etymology

From SONAR, acronym of sound navigation and ranging. Coined by American scientist Frederick Vinton Hunt in the 1940s.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊ.nɑːɹ/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

sonar (countable and uncountable, plural sonars)

(nautical) echolocation
(nautical) A device that uses hydrophones (in the same manner as radar) to locate objects underwater.

Synonyms

SONAR (acronym of sound navigation and ranging)

Derived terms

Doppler sonar

Descendants

→ Catalan: sonar
→ Dutch: sonar
→ French: sonar
- → Romanian: sonar
- → Turkish: sonar
→ German: Sonar
→ Italian: sonar
→ Polish: sonar
→ Portuguese: sonar
→ Serbo-Croatian: sonar
→ Spanish: sonar

Translations

device

Arabic: سُونار m (sūnār)
Armenian: սոնար (sonar), ջրատեղորոշիչ (ǰrateġorošičʻ)
Catalan: sonar (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聲納／声纳 (zh) (shēngnà)
Esperanto: sonaro
Finnish: kaikuluotain, ääniluotain, kaikuluotaus (fi)
French: sonar (fr) m
German: Sonar n
Greek: ηχοβολιστικό (el) (ichovolistikó), σόναρ (el) (sónar)
Icelandic: ómsjá f, sónar m
Indonesian: sonar (id), pemair suara
Italian: idrofono m, sonar (it) m
Japanese: 音波水中探知機 (onpa suichū tanchi-ki), ソナー (ja)
Korean: 음파 탐지기 (eumpa tamjigi)
Polish: asdic m, azdyk m, sonar (pl) m
Portuguese: sonar (pt) m
Romanian: sonar (ro) n
Russian: гидролока́тор (ru) m (gidrolokátor), сона́р (ru) m (sonár)
Spanish: sónar m
Tagalog: sonar
Thai: โซนาร์ (soo-nâa)
Turkish: sonar (tr)

Anagrams

Arons, saron, orans, sorna, Sanor, Rasŏn, roans, arson, Naros, Rason

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan sonar, from Latin sonāre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [suˈna]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [soˈna]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [soˈnaɾ]

Verb

sonar (first-person singular present sono, first-person singular preterite soní, past participle sonat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

(intransitive) to sound, to make a sound
(intransitive) to ring, to buzz
(figurative, intransitive) to ring a bell
Em sona la seva cara. ― His face looks familiar.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sonar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			sonar
gerund			sonant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sonat		sonada
		plural		sonats		sonades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	sono	sones	sona	sonem	soneu	sonen
	imperfect	sonava	sonaves	sonava	sonàvem	sonàveu	sonaven
	future	sonaré	sonaràs	sonarà	sonarem	sonareu	sonaran
	preterite	soní	sonares	sonà	sonàrem	sonàreu	sonaren
	conditional	sonaria	sonaries	sonaria	sonaríem	sonaríeu	sonarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	soni	sonis	soni	sonem	soneu	sonin
	imperfect	sonés	sonessis	sonés	sonéssim	sonéssiu	sonessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	sona	soni	sonem	soneu	sonin
	negative (no)	—	no sonis	no soni	no sonem	no soneu	no sonin

Related terms

resonar
so

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sonar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [suˈnar]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [soˈnar]

Noun

sonar m (uncountable)

sonar

References

“sonar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“sonar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“sonar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“sonar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

sonar

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

Borrowed from English sonar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsoː.nɑr/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: so‧nar
Rhymes: -oːnɑr

Noun

sonar m (plural sonars)

sonar

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English sonar.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

sonar m (plural sonars)

sonar

Descendants

→ Romanian: sonar
→ Turkish: sonar

Icelandic

Noun

sonar

indefinite genitive singular of sonur

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto soni (“to sound”), French sonner, Italian suonare, Spanish sonar, ultimately from Latin sonō (“to make a noise”).

Verb

sonar (present tense sonas, past tense sonis, future tense sonos, imperative sonez, conditional sonus)

to ring

Conjugation

Conjugation of sonar

		present	past	future
infinitive		sonar	sonir	sonor
tense		sonas	sonis	sonos
conditional		sonus
imperative		sonez
adjective active participle		sonanta	soninta	sononta
adverbial active participle		sonante	soninte	sononte
nominal active participle	singular	sonanto	soninto	sononto
nominal active participle	plural	sonanti	soninti	sononti
adjective passive participle		sonata	sonita	sonota
adverbial passive participle		sonate	sonite	sonote
nominal passive participle	singular	sonato	sonito	sonoto
nominal passive participle	plural	sonati	soniti	sonoti

Occitan

Pronunciation

Audio (Béarn): (file)

Verb

sonar

to call (to name or refer to)
Synonyms: cridar, apelar

Conjugation

Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		sonar			aver sonat
gerund		sonant			*use gerund of aver* past participle**
past participle		sonat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	soni	sonas	sona	sonam	sonatz	sonan
	imperfect	sonavi	sonavas	sonava	sonàvem	sonàvetz	sonavan
	preterite	sonèri	sonères	sonèt	sonèrem	sonèretz	sonèron
	future	sonarai	sonaràs	sonarà	sonarem	sonaretz	sonaràn
	conditional	sonariái	sonariás	sonariá	sonariam	sonariatz	sonarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	sonèra	sonèras	sonèra	soneram	soneratz	sonèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	sone	sones	sone	sonem	sonetz	sonen
	imperfect	sonèssi	sonèsses	sonèsse	sonèssem	sonèssetz	sonèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			sona		sonem	sonatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		sonar			aver sonat
gerund		sonant			*use gerund of aver* past participle**
past participle		sonat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	sone	sones	sona	sonam	sonatz	sonon
	imperfect	sonave	sonaves	sonava	sonaviam	sonaviatz	sonavon
	preterite	sonere	soneres	sonet	sonem	sonetz	soneron
	future	sonarai	sonaràs	sonará	sonarem	sonaretz	sonarán
	conditional	sonariá	sonariás	sonariá	sonariam	sonariatz	sonarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	sonèra	sonèras	sonèra	soneram	soneratz	sonèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	sone	sones	sone	sonassiam	sonassiatz	sonon
	imperfect	sonesse	sonesses	sonesse	sonessiam	sonessiatz	sonesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			sona		sonassiam	sonatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		sonar			aver sonat
gerund		sonant			*use gerund of aver* past participle**
past participle		sonat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	soni	sonas	sona	sonam	sonatz	sonan
	imperfect	sonavi	sonavas	sonava	sonàvam	sonàvatz	sonavan
	preterite	sonèi	sonès	sonè	sonèm	sonètz	sonèn
	future	sonarèi	sonaràs	sonarà	sonaram	sonaratz	sonaràn
	conditional	sonarí	sonarés	sonaré	sonarem	sonaretz	sonarén
	conditional 2nd form¹	sonèra	sonèras	sonèra	soneram	soneratz	sonèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	soni	sones	sone	sonem	sonetz	sonen
	imperfect	sonèssi	sonèsses	sonèsse	sonèssem	sonèssetz	sonèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			sona		sonem	sonatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		sonar			aver sonat
gerund		sonant			*use gerund of aver* past participle**
past participle		sonat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	sone	sonas	sona	sonam	sonatz	sonan
	imperfect	sonava	sonavas	sonava	sonàvam	sonàvatz	sonavan
	preterite	sonei	soneras	sonet	sonèram	sonèratz	soneran
	future	sonarai	sonaràs	sonará	sonarem	sonaretz	sonarán
	conditional	sonariá	sonariàs	sonariá	sonariam	sonariatz	sonarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	sonèra	sonèras	sonèra	soneram	soneratz	sonèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	sone	sones	sone	sonem	sonetz	sonen
	imperfect	sonèsse	sonèsses	sonèsse	sonèssem	sonèssetz	sonèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			sona		sonem	sonatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		sonar			aver sonat
gerund		sonant			*use gerund of aver* past participle**
past participle		sonat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	sone	sones	sona	sonam	sonatz	sonan
	imperfect	sonavi	sonavas	sonava	sonàvem	sonàvetz	sonavan
	preterite	sonère	sonères	sonèt	soneriam	soneriatz	sonèron
	future	sonarai	sonaràs	sonarà	sonarem	sonaretz	sonaràn
	conditional	sonariáu	sonariás	sonariá	sonariam	sonariatz	sonarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	sonèra	sonèras	sonèra	soneram	soneratz	sonèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	sone	sones	sone	sonem	sonetz	sonan
	imperfect	sonèsse	sonèsses	sonèsse	sonessiam	sonessiatz	sonèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			sona		sonem	sonatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Old Norse

Noun

sonar

genitive singular of sonr

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

sonar

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from English sonar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.nar/
Rhymes: -ɔnar
Syllabification: so‧nar

Noun

sonar m inan

(nautical) sonar (device for locating objects underwater)
Synonym: asdic

Declension

Declension of sonar

	singular	plural
nominative	sonar	sonary
genitive	sonaru	sonarów
dative	sonarowi	sonarom
accusative	sonar	sonary
instrumental	sonarem	sonarami
locative	sonarze	sonarach
vocative	sonarze	sonary

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English sonar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈna(ʁ)/ [soˈna(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /soˈna(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /soˈna(ʁ)/ [soˈna(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈna(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɔˈnaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɔˈna.ɾi/

Hyphenation: so‧nar

Noun

sonar m (plural sonares)

(nautical) sonar (technique and device that uses sound propagation to detect underwater objects)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sonar.

Noun

sonar n (plural sonare)

sonar

Declension

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	sonar	sonarul	sonare	sonarele
genitive-dative	sonar	sonarului	sonare	sonarelor
vocative	sonarule		sonarelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sonar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sǒnaːr/
Hyphenation: so‧nar

Noun

sònār m (Cyrillic spelling со̀на̄р)

sonar

Declension

Declension of sonar

	singular	plural
nominative	sònār	sonari
genitive	sonára	sonara
dative	sonaru	sonarima
accusative	sonar	sonare
vocative	sonare	sonari
locative	sonaru	sonarima
instrumental	sonarom	sonarima

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /soˈnaɾ/ [soˈnaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: so‧nar

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish sonar, inherited from Latin sonāre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”).

Verb

sonar (first-person singular present sueno, first-person singular preterite soné, past participle sonado)

(intransitive) to sound, to ring
- 2014, “Suena La Alarma”, performed by Daddy Yankee:
  Suena la alarma, que mi nena esta robándose el show / Oh síguelo
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(intransitive) to sound (appear)
Suena como que ya te has decidido.
It sounds like your mind is made up.

Suena como si no tuviéramos otra opción.
It sounds like we don't have any other choice.
(figuratively, intransitive) to ring a bell, to be familiar
Me suena el nombre, pero no lo ubico.
His name rings a bell but I can't place him.
(transitive) to make sound, to play
Synonym: tocar

sonar la bocina ― to sound the horn
(transitive, reflexive) to blow one's nose
Despues de estornudar, me soné la nariz.
After I sneezed, I blew my nose.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sonar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			sonar
gerund			sonando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sonado		sonada
		plural		sonados		sonadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sueno	suenas^{^tú} sonás^{^vos}	suena	sonamos	sonáis	suenan
	imperfect	sonaba	sonabas	sonaba	sonábamos	sonabais	sonaban
	preterite	soné	sonaste	sonó	sonamos	sonasteis	sonaron
	future	sonaré	sonarás	sonará	sonaremos	sonaréis	sonarán
	conditional	sonaría	sonarías	sonaría	sonaríamos	sonaríais	sonarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	suene	suenes^{^tú} sonés^{^vos²}	suene	sonemos	sonéis	suenen
	imperfect (ra)	sonara	sonaras	sonara	sonáramos	sonarais	sonaran
	imperfect (se)	sonase	sonases	sonase	sonásemos	sonaseis	sonasen
	future¹	sonare	sonares	sonare	sonáremos	sonareis	sonaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		suena^{^tú} soná^{^vos}	suene	sonemos	sonad	suenen
	negative		no suenes	no suene	no sonemos	no sonéis	no suenen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of sonar (o-ue alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive sonar
	dative	sonarme	sonarte	sonarle, sonarse	sonarnos	sonaros	sonarles, sonarse
	accusative	sonarme	sonarte	sonarlo, sonarla, sonarse	sonarnos	sonaros	sonarlos, sonarlas, sonarse

with gerund sonando
	dative	sonándome	sonándote	sonándole, sonándose	sonándonos	sonándoos	sonándoles, sonándose
	accusative	sonándome	sonándote	sonándolo, sonándola, sonándose	sonándonos	sonándoos	sonándolos, sonándolas, sonándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative suena
	dative	suéname	suénate	suénale	suénanos	not used	suénales
	accusative	suéname	suénate	suénalo, suénala	suénanos	not used	suénalos, suénalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative soná
	dative	soname	sonate	sonale	sonanos	not used	sonales
	accusative	soname	sonate	sonalo, sonala	sonanos	not used	sonalos, sonalas

with formal second-person singular imperative suene
	dative	suéneme	not used	suénele, suénese	suénenos	not used	suéneles
	accusative	suéneme	not used	suénelo, suénela, suénese	suénenos	not used	suénelos, suénelas

with first-person plural imperative sonemos
	dative	not used	sonémoste	sonémosle	sonémonos	sonémoos	sonémosles
	accusative	not used	sonémoste	sonémoslo, sonémosla	sonémonos	sonémoos	sonémoslos, sonémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative sonad
	dative	sonadme	not used	sonadle	sonadnos	sonaos	sonadles
	accusative	sonadme	not used	sonadlo, sonadla	sonadnos	sonaos	sonadlos, sonadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative suenen
	dative	suénenme	not used	suénenle	suénennos	not used	suénenles, suénense
	accusative	suénenme	not used	suénenlo, suénenla	suénennos	not used	suénenlos, suénenlas, suénense

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sonar.

Noun

sonar m (plural sonares)

sonar (a device that uses hydrophones to locate objects underwater)

Alternative forms

sónar

Swedish

Noun

sonar c

(nautical) sonar (echolocation)
(nautical) a sonar (device)

Declension

Declension of **sonar**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sonar	sonars
singular	definite	sonarn	sonarns
plural	indefinite	—	—
plural	definite	—	—

Verb

sonar

present indicative of sona

References

Anagrams

Arons, nosar, sorna

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin sonāre, present active infinitive of sonō. Compare Italian suonare.

Verb

sonar

(transitive) to play, sound

Conjugation

Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of sonar (first conjugation)

person	singular			plural
infinitive	sonar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		sonando
past participle		sonà
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	sono	(te) soni	(el/ła) sona	sonémo, sonòn	soné	(i/łe) sona
imperfect	sonava	(te) sonavi	(el/ła) sonava	sonàvimo	sonavi	(i/łe) sonava
future	sonarò	(te) sonarè	(el/ła) sonarà	sonarémo	sonarè	(i/łe) sonarà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	sonarìa	(te) sonarisi	(el/ła) sonarìa	sonarìsimo	sonarisi	(i/łe) sonarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	sone, sona	(te) soni	(el/ła) sone, (el/ła) sona	sonémo, sonone	soné	(i/łe) sone, (i/łe) sona
imperfect	sonase	(te) sonasi	(el/ła) sonase	sonàsimo	sonasi	(i/łe) sonase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
imperative	—	(te) sona	(el/ła) sona, (el/ła) sone	sonémo	soné	(i/łe) sona, (i/łe) sone

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