resonance
noun/ˈrezənəns/
/ˈrezənəns/
- [uncountable] (formal) (of sound) the quality of being resonant
- Her voice had a strange and thrilling resonance.
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
- [countable, uncountable] (specialist) the sound or other vibration produced in an object by sound or vibrations of a similar frequency from another object
- [uncountable, countable] (formal) (in a piece of writing, music, etc.) the power to bring images, feelings, etc. into the mind of the person reading or listening; the images, etc. produced in this way
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin resonantia ‘echo’, from resonare ‘resound’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + sonare ‘to sound’.
Check pronunciation:
resonance