different between melodious vs sonorous

melodious

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /m??l??di?s/
  • Rhymes: -??di?s

Etymology

From Old French melodios; equivalent to melody +? -ous

Adjective

melodious (comparative more melodious, superlative most melodious)

  1. Having a pleasant melody or sound; tuneful.

Translations

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sonorous

English

Alternative forms

  • sonourous (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sonorus, from sonor (sound), early 17th century.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?n.??.?s/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?s??n.?.?s/, /?so?.n?.??s/

Adjective

sonorous (comparative more sonorous, superlative most sonorous)

  1. Capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound.
  2. Full of sound and rich, as in language or verse.
  3. Wordy or grandiloquent.
  4. (linguistics, phonetics) Produced with a relatively open vocal tract and relatively little obstruction of airflow.

Synonyms

  • sonoral
  • (giving out a deep, resonant sound): booming, canorous; see also Thesaurus:sonorous
  • (full of sound and rich):
  • (wordy, grandiloquent): prolix, sesquipedalian; see also Thesaurus:verbose

Related terms

  • sonorant
  • sonority
  • sonorously
  • sonorousness

Translations

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