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Definition: Clangorous |
ClangorousAdjective1. Having a loud resonant metallic sound; "the clangorous locomotive works"; "a clanging gong". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "clangorous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Etymology: Clangorous \Clan"gor*ous\, adjective. [from Late Latin expression clangorosus.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: ClangorousSynonym: clanging (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Clangorous |
| English words defined with "clangorous": clanging. (references) |
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 | Alert; shrill; acute; argute; blaring; blatant; cacophonous; clanging; clangorous; deafening; discordant; ear-piercing; ear-splitting; harsh; high; metallic; noisy; penetrating; piercing; piping; raucous; screeching; sharp; strident; thin; treble. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Clangorous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Clangorous" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "clangorous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schallend (resounding, ringing, stentorian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | zengő (clanging, resounding, rich, ringing), metsző (crisp, cutter, keen, mordant, piping, scathing, sharp, shrewd, shrill, strident), kongó (clanging, plangent, ringing, tinkling), harsogó (clashing, resounding, ringing, strident). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | risonante (plangent, resonant, resounding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | clingagh (chiming, chinky), bingyssagh (harmonic, sounding, tunable, yielding music). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | angorousclay ressoante (sonorous), estridente (piping, piquancy, screechy, shrill, strident). (various references) strident (grating, harsh, high, loud, shrill, strident, stridently), rãsunãtor (celebrated, famous, great, loud, orotund, resonant, resounding, rich, ringing, sonorous, thundering, thunderous, to the echo). (various references) estruendoso (heavy, loud, noisy, thunderous, uproarious), estrepitoso (boisterous, deafening, loud, noisy, obstreperous, ranting, roistering, rowdy, uproarious). (various references) gürültülü (clamant, clamorous, disorderly, hilarious, hurly burly, jazz, knockabout, loud, noisy, rackety, rambunctious, riotous, roaring, robustious, rumbustious, thundering, tumultuary, tumultuous, uproarious, vociferous), çınlayan (resonant, ringing, sonorous, sounding, tinkling, vibrant). (various references) chói tai (grating, jarring, roughly), lanh lảnh (shrill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "clangorous": clangorously. (additional references) | |
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"Clangorous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: langorous. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "clangorous" (pronounced 'Clan"gor*ous'): Abdominous, Abiogenous, Ablatitious, Abnormous, Absentaneous, Absonous, Abstemious, Abstentious, Abstractitious, Acanthaceous, Acanthocarpous, Acanthocephalous, Acanthophorous, Acanthopodious, Acanthopterous, Acanthopterygious, Acarpellous, Acarpous, Acclivitous, Acclivous, Acephalous, Acetabuliferous, Acetarious, Acetous, Achilous, Achlamydeous, Acholous, Achromatous, Achroous, Achylous, Achymous, Acidiferous, Acidulous, Acinaceous, Acotyledonous, Acrimonious, Acrocarpous, Acrogenous, Acronyctous, Acrosporous, Acrotomous, Actinophorous, Aculeous, Acuminous, Addititious, Adelphous, Adenophorous, Adenophyllous, Adenous, Adiaphorous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-g-l-n-o-o-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: clangours. | |
-2 letters: canorous, clangors, clangour, consular, coronals, courlans, languors. | |
-3 letters: carolus, clangor, colonus, colours, colugos, congous, cornual, coronal, coronas, cougars, courlan, garcons, glucans, goorals, lagoons, languor, langurs, lanugos, oculars, oscular, ourangs, racoons, rugolas, unclogs. | |
-4 letters: acorns, algors, argols, argons, cargos, carols, clangs, claros, clonus, clours, cogons, cologs, colons, colors, colour, colugo, congas, congos, congou. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-g-l-n-o-o-r-s-u" | |
+2 letters: clangorously. | |
+4 letters: congratulators, macroglobulins. | |
+5 letters: agranulocytoses, agranulocytosis, conglomerateurs, congratulations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6C 61 6E 67 6F 72 6F 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. .- -. --. --- .-. --- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101100 01100001 01101110 01100111 01101111 01110010 01101111 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C l a n g o r o u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006C 0061 006E 0067 006F 0072 006F 0075 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37786780738184818785 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, alemán, alman, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | Ungar, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, húngaro, macarca, macar, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italienisch, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, italyanca, italyan |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, man adası, man dili |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, portugués, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumäne, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, rumano |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | türkisch, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, turco, türkçe, türk, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englisch, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Sounds | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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