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résonner — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • resonate verb To produce or amplify sound through vibration.
  • resound verb To fill a space with sound, or to echo loudly.
  • throb verb To beat or pulse strongly and repeatedly, often with pain.

Senses

résonner is used for these senses in English:

  • resonate To vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration.
  • resound To praise or spread the fame of (someone or something) with the voice or the sound of musical instruments; to celebrate, to extol; also, to declare (someone) to be a certain thing.
  • resound (transitive) To echo or repeat (a sound).
  • throb (intransitive) To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm.

resonate — full definition

  1. verb To produce or amplify sound through vibration.
  2. verb To have a strong emotional or meaningful effect on someone.

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