different between sone vs soone

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /so?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??n/
• Rhymes: -??n
• Homophones: Saône, sewn, sown

Noun

sone (plural sones)

1. (acoustics) a subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz sound that has an intensity 40 decibels above the listener's own threshold of hearing

Anagrams

• ENSO, Enos, NEOs, Neso, eons, neos, noes, nose, one's, ones

German

Alternative forms

• so'ne, sonne

Etymology

The usage of this term for plurals stems from the similarity or identity of female singular and (gender unspecific) plural declensions in German grammar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?z?n?/
• Homophone: Sonne
• IPA^(key): /?zo?n?/

Pronoun

sone

1. (colloquial) contraction of so eine (so, ein); nominative/accusative feminine singular of son, which is an alternative form of so'n
2. Ungrammatical alternative form of solch in plural.

Latin

Noun

sone

1. vocative singular of sonus

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *sunu, suno, from Proto-West Germanic *sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Noun

s?ne m

1. son

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• suene

Descendants

• Dutch: zoon
  • Afrikaans: seun
• Limburgish: zoon, zoean
• West Flemish: zeune

Further reading

• “sone (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “sone (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English sunu, from Proto-West Germanic *sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Alternative forms

• sune, sun, sonn, sonne, son

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sun(?)/

Noun

sone (plural sones)

2. son

Related terms

• horesone
• sone in lawe
• stepsone

Descendants

• English: son
• Scots: son

Etymology 2

From Old English s?na, in turn from Proto-West Germanic *s?n(?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?so?n(?)/
• Rhymes: -o?n(?)

Adverb

sone

1. soon

Descendants

• English: soon
• Scots: sone, sune, schone

Etymology 3

Noun

sone

1. Alternative form of sonne (“sun”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (z?n?, “girdle, belt”)

Noun

sone f or m (definite singular sona or sonen, indefinite plural soner, definite plural sonene)

1. a zone

Derived terms

References

• “sone” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (z?n?, “girdle, belt”)

Noun

sone f (definite singular sona, indefinite plural soner, definite plural sonene)

1. a zone

Derived terms

References

• “sone” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Volapük

Noun

sone

1. dative singular of son

English

Adverb

soone

1. Obsolete spelling of soon

Anagrams

• noose, osone