Kilo Lingo

sound

/saʊnd/

Line drawing of sound
Coloured illustration of sound
#254 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

A sound is anything that you can hear with your ears.

Word origin

Sound comes through French from a Latin word for noise.

Origin
Latin
Root
sonus

Grammar

Gender
Pluralsounds

Examples

strange .

Something I could hear seemed odd to me.

calming.

What you hear from the waves makes you feel calm.

.

She moved quietly and nothing could be heard.

A sound is anything your ears can pick up, from soft music to a loud bang. The world is full of sounds, big and small.

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 6.