clangour
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clangour
- /ˈklæŋ(ɡ)ə/ UK
- /ˈklæŋ(ɡ)ɚ/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -æŋə(ɹ), -æŋɡə(ɹ)
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Latin clangō
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *-ōs
Proto-Italic *-ōs
Latin -or
Latin clangorbor.
English clangour
Borrowed from Latin clangor.
noun clangours · clangor
- A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din. When every least commander’s will, best soldiers had obey’d, / And both the hosts were rang’d for fight, the Trojans would have fray’d / The Greeks with noises; crying out, in coming rudely on / At all parts, like the cranes that fill with harsh confusion / Of brutish clangour all the air; […]
verb clangours · clangouring · clangoured · clangor
- To make a clanging sound. It clangoured through the house like a bell in a tomb.
