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sunet
sound /suˈnet/
noun#1255 most common
Also: tone, ring (of a bell or phone)
Example sentences
Aud un sunet ciudat.
I hear a strange sound.
Telefonul meu are un sunet nou.
My phone has a new ringtone.
Sunetul clopotului se aude de departe.
The sound of the bell can be heard from far away.
Inginerul a reglat sunetul din studio înainte de concert.
The engineer adjusted the sound in the studio before the concert.
Calitatea sunetului acestui instrument depinde de materialul din care e făcut.
The sound quality of this instrument depends on the material it is made of.
Filozofii au dezbătut mult timp dacă sunetele au vreo semnificație în afara percepției umane.
Philosophers have long debated whether sounds carry any meaning outside human perception.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sunet | sunete |
| Genitive | sunetului | sunetelor |
| Accusative | sunet | sunete |
| Vocative | sunetule | sunetelor |
Word family
a sunato ring, to sound
sunătorringing, sonorous
răsunetecho, resonance
ultrasunetultrasound
sonorsonorous, resounding
Etymology
Sunet was formed in Romanian from the Latin root son-, seen in sonus (sound) and sonare (to sound), with the Romanian suffix -et. It entered common use during the nineteenth-century push to re-latinize Romanian vocabulary, alongside borrowings from French. The word replaced or stood beside older, more colloquial ways of describing noise.
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