Sounded

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊndɪd/

Definitions

1. A noise produced by an object or entity can signify activity or existence
2. An auditory signal that emerges from a source may reflect interaction or communication
3. A noise that emanates from an object or being can indicate presence or function

Etymology: Sound and sonata are a pair of doublets: two words that share a Latin ancestor, "sonare" (to make a noise), but reached English by different routes. Sonata came into Italian and kept the sense of something sounded, a piece played on instruments as opposed to sung. Sound came through French, where the Latin verb had become "soner," and it took on the broader sense of making an audible noise. Sounded is a form of the verb sound, so it carries the same ancestry: a single Latin verb, filtered through two languages into two English-speaking vocabularies.

Synonyms: audible, resonated

Antonyms: silent, quiet