Noun: som
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | som |
| Plural m | sons |
Sample Sentences
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No confuso rumor que se formava, destacavam-se risos, sons de vozes que altercavam, sem se saber de onde, grasnar de marrecos, cantar de galos, cacarejar de galinhas. [1890, Aluizio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:]
Nouns inflected like som
lanternim,
saguim,
capetagem,
sonhim,
ultrassom,
ultra-som,
bombaim,
boletim,
albergagem,
berbequim,
pangolim,
pebolim,
zunzum,
bergantim,
borzeguim,
serafim,
pasquim,
porta-bagagem,
semitom,
paladim, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese son (probably influenced by or possibly borrowed from Old Occitan son), from Latin sonus. Alternatively, regressively derived from the verb soar. Compare Galician and Spanish son. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
son', Latin Nouns '
sonus'.
Verbs referencing "som"
Galician Nouns
son, Spanish Nouns
son.
Translations