How do you pronounce sonorous?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɑːn.ɚ.əs/.

sonorous

/ˈsɑːn.ɚ.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

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"The highlight of the hike was the sonorous cave, which produced a ringing echo from the hiker’s shouts."
"The Oath is redacted ; pronounced aloud by President Bailly, — and indeed in such a sonorous tone, that the cloud of witnesses, even outdoors, hear it, and bellow response to it."
"He was selected to give the opening speech thanks to his imposing, sonorous voice."
"For this reason the Italian opera seldom sinks into a poorness of language, but, amidst all the meanness and familiarity of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression."
"There is nothing of the artificial Johnsonian balance in his style. It is as often marked by a pregnant brevity as by a sonorous amplitude."
"When the right-away was given, Driver Gibson would give a sonorous blast on Cardean's deep-toned hooter, and amid a flurry of swirling steam the train would move majestically out, with nearly half the city of Carlisle—or so it would appear—as onlookers on the platform."

Borrowed from Latin sonōrus, from sonor (“sound”), early 17th century.

more sonorous (comparative) most sonorous (superlative) sonourous (alternative, rare)

insonorous nonsonorous sonorosity unsonorous

sonorant sonority sonorously sonorousness sepulchral