sonar
French, noun\sɔ.naʁ\
sonar is spelled S-O-N-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,297th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sonar is a French masculine noun meaning “sonar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appareil utilisant les propriétés particulières de la propagation du son dans l’eau pour détecter et situer…”.
What does sonar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesonar
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Appareil utilisant les propriétés particulières de la propagation du son dans l’eau pour détecter et situer les objets sous l’eau par écholocation.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sonar
- sonars plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sonar?
- \sɔ.naʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sonar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sonar in French?
sonar appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).