Meaning of sone | Babel Free
/soʊn/Definitions
- A fan of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation.
- a subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz sound that has an intensity 40 decibels above the listener's own threshold of hearing
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Obsolete spelling of son. alt-of, obsolete
Examples
“Francis Eaton, and Sarah his wife, and Samuel their sone, a yong child.”
“The band is known as SNSD (acronym of Korean name So Nyuh Shi Dae). SNSD fans are called Sone^([sic]) and, yes, I am a Sone.”
“Their six-track EP, 'Mr.Mr' comes packed with electro and R&B infused songs that SONEs (as SNSD Girls' Generation fans are lovingly called) can dance and sing along to.”
“Way to go SONEs, the fan chants during the dance break was^([sic]) so rad!”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.