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clangour

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈklæŋ(ɡ)ə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, US: /ˈklæŋ(ɡ)ɚ/
  • rhymes with -æŋə(ɹ)
  • rhymes with -æŋɡə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, UK, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 1920, D. H. Lawrence, Women in Love, Chapter XXIV: Death and Love, And always, as the dark, inchoate eyes turned to him, there passed through Gerald's bowels a burning stroke of revolt, that seemed to resound through his whole being, threatening to break his mind with its clangour, and making him mad.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To make a clanging sound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a loud resonant repeating noise

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he could hear the clang of distant bells

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clang, clangor, clangoring, clank, clash, crash

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: noise

4

verb

Meaning 4

make a loud resonant noise

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the alarm clangored throughout the building

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clangor

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sound, go

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin clangō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin clangorbor. English clangour Borrowed from Latin clangor.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: geschal — a loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din
  • Dutch: galmen — a loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din
  • Finnish: kalina — a loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din
  • Finnish: kolina — a loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din
  • German: Schall — a loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din
  • German: Getöse — a loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din
  • Italian: clangore — a loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din
  • Russian: бряца́ние (brjacánije) — a loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din
  • Russian: лязг (ljazg) — a loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din
  • Spanish: estruendo — a loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din
  • Finnish: kajahdella — to make a clanging sound
  • Russian: бряцать (brjacatʹ) — to make a clanging sound
  • Russian: лязгать (ljazgatʹ) — to make a clanging sound
  • Russian: лязгнуть (ljazgnutʹ) — to make a clanging sound