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Sony^¹

/ˈsəʊni/ UK
/ˈsoʊni/ Canada, US
/ˈsəʉni/ Australia
/ˈsɐʉni/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -əʊni

Where it comes from

A combination of Latin sonus (“sound”) and sonny (“boy”, diminutive).

proper noun

An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan. he mostly makes videos—virtually reinventing the diary form with his Sony 8 scrapbook.

noun Sonys

A device produced by Sony. Connie Chung, the pretty Chinese CBS correspondent, occupied the room next to mine at the Hyatt House and she was always back by midnight, reciting a final sixty-second radio spot into her Sony or absorbing one last press release before getting a good night’s sleep.

sony^²

noun

alternative Alternative spelling of sonny He often would say, ‘My father will not come from Washington time enough to see his sony.'

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: walkman, betamax, columbia, sonny, ericsson, soni, tsmc, s.j., sonia, seat, socom, juse, snes, sys., s.e.c., bskyb

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name An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan

Español	Sony
한국어	소니 Soni
日本語	ソニー Sonī
中文	索尼 Suǒní
हिन्दी	सोनी sonī
Português	Sony
Français	Sony
Ελληνικά	Σόνι Sóni
Русский	Со́ни Sóni
العربية	سُونِي sōni
עברית	סוני soni

noun device produced by Sony

Deutsch	Sony

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@misc{sony_2026,
  title = {sony},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sony},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}