Possible meanings of sonner
- to ring
- to call/ring for
- to jingle
- to sound
- to toll
- (inf) to stun, knock for a loop
Expressions with sonner
sonner à toute volée
to peal out
sonner l'alarme
to sound the alarm
sonner bien/mal
to sound good/bad
sonner chez quelqu'un
to ring someone's doorbell
sonner clair
to ring clearly
sonner creux
to sound/ring hollow
sonner faux
to sound out of tune, to ring false
sonner l'heure
to strike the hour
sonner juste
to sound in tune, to ring true
sonner trois coups
to ring three times
sonner les cloches à qqun (inf)
to tell someone off, give someone a roasting
se faire sonner les cloches (inf)
to be told off
se sonner les oreilles
to have ringing ears
à 3 heures sonnantes
at 3 o'clock on the dot
avoir quarante ans bien sonnés (inf)
to be on the wrong side of 40
être bien sonné par (inf)
to be knocked for six, knocked flat
Il est 3 heures sonnées.
It's past 3 o'clock.
La nouvelle l'a un peu sonné (inf)
He was rather taken aback by the news.
On ne t'a pas sonné ! (inf)
Who asked you! Nobody asked you!
sonique (adj)
sonic
une sonnaille
bell, ringing
sonnant (adj)
chiming, striking, resonant
sonné (adj)
past, gone
sonné (inf adj)
groggy
sonné (fam adj)
crazy, cracked
la sonnerie
ringing, bell, call, alarm, chimes
une sonnette
bell, pile driver
un sonneur
bell ringer, pile driver operator
la sono(risation)
PA system, sound system
sonore (adj)
resonant, ringing, sonorous
la sonorité
tone, sonority, voicing, resonance, acoustics
un sonotone (trademark)
hearing aid
Sonner conjugations
