clang

Meaning

Noun

1. A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.
2. Quality of tone.
3. The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.
4. A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
5. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of klang.

Verb

1. (transitive) To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.
2. (intransitive) To give out a clang; to resound.
3. To utter a word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.

Intj

1. Imitative of a loud metallic ringing sound.
2. (humorous) Said after someone has name-dropped (mentioned a famous person with whom they are acquainted).

Synonyms

clank

ring

💍

jingle

tinkle

clatter

clink

rattle

clash

peal

clangor

chink

sound

🔉

crash

clack

clangour

resound

din

resonate

chime

toll

twang

jangle

echo

crack

clangoring

tang

bang

re echo

buzz

chug

chunking

click

ding

give a ring

jingling

noise

onomatopoeia

ping

pop

rattling

report

reverberate

ringing

ring the bell

rumble

snap

splash

strike

tick

ting

Translations

tinter

galmen

rinkelen

cliquetis

kletteren

rumore metallico

hallen

aflopen

tönen

dringar

résonner

läuten

💍

produrre un rumore metallico

klingen

💍

sonar

🔉

Pronounced as (IPA)

/klæŋ/

Etymology

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Kloang

Cognate with Western Frisian: klank

Cognate with Dutch: klank

Cognate with German: Klang

Cognate with Latin: clangere

In summary

1570, of imitative origin.
Compare also Saterland Frisian Kloang, West Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from klingen), Danish and Swedish klang, Latin clangere (“to resound”) (which probably influenced it).