name · noun · 3 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:/ˈsəʊni/
Canada, General-American:/ˈsoʊni/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Australian:/ˈsəʉni/
New-Zealand:/ˈsɐʉni/
rhymes with -əʊni
CMU ARPABET:S OW1 N IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: trademark
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A device produced by Sony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Alternative spelling of sonny.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
A combination of Latin sonus (“sound”) and sonny (“boy”, diminutive).
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
سُونِي
(sōni)
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Bengali:
সনি
(śoni)
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Bulgarian:
Со́ни
(Sóni)
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Chinese Mandarin:
索尼
(Suǒní)
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Estonian:
Sony
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Finnish:
Sony
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
French:
Sony
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Greek:
Σόνι
(Sóni)
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Hebrew:
סוני
(soni)
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Hindi:
सोनी
(sonī)
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Japanese:
ソニー
(Sonī)
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Khmer:
សូនី
(Sonī)
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Korean:
소니
(Soni)
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Marathi:
सोनी
(sonī)
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Persian:
سونی
(soni)
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Polish:
Sony
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Portuguese:
Sony
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Russian:
Со́ни
(Sóni)
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Serbo-Croatian:
Сони
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Spanish:
Sony
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Thai:
โซนี่
(sohnêe)
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Turkish:
Sony
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
Urdu:
سونی
(sonī)
— An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan
