sonar

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) to sound, to ring
2. (intransitive) to sound (appear)
3. (figuratively,intransitive) to ring a bell, to be familiar
4. (transitive) to make sound, to play
5. (figuratively,reflexive,transitive) to blow one's nose

Noun

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

Concepts

sound

ring

resound

sonar

jingle

peal

clang

scream

make noise

cry

go

ring a bell

sound familiar

tintinnabulation

drum -

play

speak

strike

tang

toll

toot

blare

chink

clash

say

sing

weep

buzz

asdic

clank

crack

be

read

noise

ding

dingdong

dong

knell

echo

recall

clink

be heard

Hyphenated as

so‧nar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/soˈnaɾ/

Etymology

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