Glossary entry

Polish term or phrase:

dźwięczna (nazwa)

English translation:

resonant (name)

Added to glossary by Aye
Jun 9, 2004 18:16
19 yrs ago
Polish term

dźwięcznej

Polish to English Other Linguistics sounds :)
istniał klub o dźwięcznej nazwie "Stal"

jakby to "sta(y)lowo" ująć?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 resonant
3 sonorous
Change log

May 13, 2005 20:56: leff changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Proposed translations

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Polish term (edited): d�wi�cznej
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resonant

tu - resonant name

" Big Cow Creek, in Newton County, doesn't have the resonant name one
might hope for, but it remains a very meaningful place for me."
http://www.soulofthegarden.com/dailymuse0800.html
Peer comment(s):

agree Ewa Nowicka : Artists need a memorable, resonant name. http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4637827-110428,00.htm...
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agree Romuald Pawlikowski
53 mins
agree Anna Bittner
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Polish term (edited): d�wi�cznej

sonorous

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Note added at 7 mins (2004-06-09 18:23:31 GMT)
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sonorous

\\So*no\"rous\\, a. [L. sonorus, fr. sonor, -oris, a sound, akin to sonus a sound. See Sound.] 1. Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.

2. Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice.

3. Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous.

4. Impressive in sound; high-sounding.

The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and familiarty of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression. --Addison.

There is nothing of the artificial Johnsonian balance in his style. It is as often marked by a pregnant brevity as by a sonorous amplitude. --E. Everett.

5. (Med.) Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi.

All search for a sonorous name: either call it «Chechenia,\" or «Ichkeria.\" As children. Chechnya is Chechnya: Nokhchyiche — dwelling of Chechens. Someone says nonsense, another repeats it beware of being charged with absence of patriotism if he doesn’t.\"

It was a new flathouse, bearing carved upon its cheap stone portal its sonorous
name, \"The Vallambrosa.\"

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