Definition
Characterized by loud, high-pitched, or sonorous sound; producing resonant tones of elevated pitch.
Etymology
Latin 'altus' (high) plus 'sonus' (sound), with the suffix '-ous' to create an adjective. This variant of 'altisonant' appeared in English scholarly and poetic texts during the classical revival period.
Kelly Says
Poets loved creating pairs of similar-meaning Latin adjectives like 'altisonant' and 'altisonous'—they give writers two options to fit their meter or rhythm, and scholars debated endlessly about which was 'more correct,' which is honestly kind of hilarious.
Translations
ARالعربية
صوت عالٍ (ṣawt ʿāli)
soot ʿali
BNবাংলা
প্রধান (prodhān)
pro-dhon
CSČeština
hlasitý
hlas-i-ty
DEDeutsch
hochlautend
hoh-khau-ten-d
ELΕλληνικά
μεγάλο ήχος (megalo ikos)
me-ga-lo ee-kos
ESEspañol
altisonante
al-ti-so-nan-te
FAفارسی
صدای بلند (sodāye baland)
so-da-ye ba-land
FISuomi
korkealaatuinen
kor-ke-la-a-too-i-nen
FRFrançais
haut-sonore
o-to-so-nore
GUGU
શબ્દ (śabda)
sh-ab-da
HAHA
sauti mai
sau-ti mai
HEעברית
קול חזק (kol chazak)
kol kha-zak
HIहिन्दी
उच्चस्वर (uccaswar)
oo-ch-as-war
IDBahasa Indonesia
keras
ke-ras
ITItaliano
sonoro
so-no-ro
KKKK
сырнай (syrnay)
sir-nay
KMKM
សំឡេងធំ (samleng thum)
sam-leng thum
KO한국어
높은 소리 (neoeun so-ri)
no-eun so-ri
MRMR
उच्च आवाज (uccha aawaj)
oo-ch-ha a-wa-j
MSBahasa Melayu
keras
ke-ras
MYမြန်မာ
ကြားကြား (kyar kyar)
kya-r kya-r
NLNederlands
hooggeluidig
hoh-gelu-id-ig
PAPA
ਬੜਾ ਧੁਨ (baṛā dhun)
ba-ra dhu-n
PTPortuguês
altisonante
al-ti-so-nan-te
RORomână
zgomot puternic
zgo-mot po-trun-ic
RUРусский
громкий (gromkiy)
grom-kee
SVSvenska
högtalande
hoe-g-ta-lan-de
SWKiswahili
sauti kali
sau-ti ka-li
TAதமிழ்
பெருத்த ஒலி (perutha oli)
per-uth-tha o-li
TEతెలుగు
పెద్ద శబ్దం (pedda sabdam)
ped-da sah-bdam
TLTL
malakas na tunog
ma-la-kas na tu-nog
TRTürkçe
yüksek sesli
yu-ksek sehs-li
UKУкраїнська
гучний (huchyi)
goo-chyi
URاردو
آواز بلند (awaz baland)
aw-az ba-land
ZH中文
响亮 (xiǎngliàng)
hsyang-lyang
ZUZU
isigxina
i-si-gxi-na