klang
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
klang (plural klangs)
- (music) Any periodic sound, especially one composed of a fundamental and harmonics, as opposed to simple periodic sounds (sine tones).
Related terms
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aŋ
Verb
klang
- first/third-person singular preterite of klingen
Limburgish
Etymology
From klange.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [klɑ˦ŋ]
Noun
klang f
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
klang
- simple past of klinge
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
klang
- past tense of klinga
Rade
Etymology
From Proto-Chamic *tulaːŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqəlaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *CuqəlaN (“bone”).
Noun
klang (classifier ƀĕ)
Derived terms
- klang grưh
References
- James A. Tharp, Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58)[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 1 November 2021, page 64
Silesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklaŋk/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aŋk
- Syllabification: klang
Noun
klang m inan
Synonyms
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology
From klinga, onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
klang c
- clang (of a bell, metal hitting metal more generally, or the like)
- (figuratively) ring, connotations
- ett ord med romantisk klang
- a word with a romantic ring
- ett ord med dålig klang
- a word with bad connotations
- timbre, sound, tone (of an instrument, voice, or the like)
- en röst med vacker klang
- a voice with a beautiful timbre
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | klang | klangs |
definite | klangen | klangens | |
plural | indefinite | klanger | klangers |
definite | klangerna | klangernas |
Derived terms
- klangbotten
- klangfärg
- klanglåda
- klockklang
See also
Verb
klang