From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[2024]
*** Etymology 1
[en] Borrowed from [en],[1] [perfect] [passive] [participle] of [la] (see
[en]), whence [frm] ([fr]) and [enm]),[2] from [la] and [la] (from [la]
(ultimately from [en]) + [la]).[3]
**** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en]
1. To cause (a sound ) to be ( repeatedly ) bounced against one or more surfaces ; to re-echo .
2. * [act=III]
3. * [chapter=An Apologie of 吴语: Raymond of Sabunde]
4. * [volume=II]
5. * [chapter=Arrival at the Abbey]
6. * [volume=I]
7. * [section=IV]
8. _Followed by_ ON ( TO ): to deflect or divert ( flames , heat, etc.) on to something.
9. [en] To heat (something) by deflecting flames on to, or passing flames over, it.
10. * [scene=ii]
11. * [page=97]
12. [en] To repeatedly reflect ( heat , light , or other radiation ).
13. * [edition=2nd]
14. * [chapter=Of the Heart in General]
15. * [section=Discourse]
16. * [page=18]
17. * [volume=I]
18. [en]
1. To drive , force , or push (someone or something) back ; to repel , to repulse .
2. * [chapter=My Obseruations of the Most Glorious, Peerelesse, and Mayden Citie of Venice: [I Call It Mayden because It was Neuer Conquered.]]
3. * [volume=I]
4. To send (something) back from where it came .
5. Of light or sound: to fall on or hit (a surface or other thing ); also, to fill or spread throughout (a space or other thing).
6. * [day=1]
7. [en] To beat or hit (something) repeatedly.
2. [en]
1. Of sound: to (repeatedly) bounce against one or more surfaces; to echo or re-echo, to resound.
2. * [part=II]
3. * [en]
4. * [volume=II]
5. * [en]
6. _Chiefly followed by_ TO _or_ WITH : of a place or thing: to ring or vibrate with many echoing sounds; to re-echo, to resound .
7. * [en]
8. * [volume=II]
9. * [chapter=The Rook Cell]
10. _Often followed by_ FROM : of heat or [en] light: to be (repeatedly) reflected.
11. [en]
1. Of information , news , etc.: to be spread widely through repetition .
2. * [chapter=Of the Present State of Polite Learning in Italy]
3. Of a thing: to have lasting and often significant effects .
4. * [edition=8th]
5. * [date=17 November 2014]
12. [en] Of a thing: to be heated by having flames, hot gases , etc., deflected or passed over it.
13. [en]
1. To deflect or divert flames, hot gases, etc., on or into something.
2. To shine on something, especially with reflected light.
3. * [chapter=XXII. To Mr. Tho [mas] Porter, after Capt. Porter, from Barcelona.]
4. * [chapter=Of the Grasshopper]
5. Of a thing: to (repeatedly) bounce against one or more surfaces, especially with a sound; to rebound , to recoil .
6. * [volume=I]
7. _Followed by_ ON _or_ UPON _, or_ TO : of a thing: to return and affect a person , their feelings , etc.; to recoil.
8. * [volume=II]
9. [en] _Followed by_ IN _and a [reflexive] [pronoun]_ : of a thing: to turn back on itself.
10. [en] Of a furnace , kiln , etc.: to heat up through the effect of flames, hot gases, etc., deflecting within it.
11. [en] To heat something by deflecting flames on to, or passing flames over, it.
***** Conjugation
[old=1]
***** Derived terms
{{col3|en |reverb<pos:v> |reverberated<pos:a> |reverberating<pos:adjective,
noun> |reverberative |reverberator |reverberatory }}
***** Related terms
- [en] [rare]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
***** Translations
[(_transitive_ ) to cause (a sound) to be (repeatedly) bounced against one or
more surfaces; ( _intransitive_ ) of sound: to (repeatedly) bounce against one
or more surfaces]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Manx: [gv]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no] , [no]
- Russian: [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Spanish: [es]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[to deflect or divert (flames, heat, etc.) on to something]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Macedonian: [mk]
[trans-bottom]
[(_transitive_ ) to heat (something) by deflecting flames on to, or passing
flames over, it; ( _intransitive_ ) of a thing: to be heated by having flames,
hot gases, etc., deflected or passed over it]
- Finnish: [fi] [transitive] , [fi] [intransitive]
- Macedonian: [mk]
[trans-bottom]
[(_transitive_ ) to repeatedly reflect (heat, light, or other radiation); (
_intransitive_ ) of heat or light: to be (repeatedly) reflected]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Macedonian: [mk]
[trans-bottom]
[of a place or thing: to ring or vibrate with many echoing sounds]
[of information, news, etc.: to be spread widely through repetition]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Macedonian: [mk]
[trans-bottom]
[of a thing: to have lasting and often significant effects]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Italian: [it]
- Macedonian: [mk]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 2
Borrowed from [en], see Etymology 1 and [en] for more. [en] (“ringing or
vibrating with many echoing sounds”) was popularized by its use in _[Twelfth
Night]_ (written [1601–1602]; published 1623) by the English playwright
[William Shakespeare] (1564–1616):<ref name="OED"/> see the quotation.
**** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. [en] ; re-echoed .
2. * [chapter=And thus Went His Speech]
3. * [chapter=The Ninth Song]
4. * [page=160]
5. [en] [en] Ringing or vibrating with many echoing sounds ; re-echoing, resounding , reverberating.
6. * [act=I]
7. * [chapter=Æthiopia]
8. * [en]
***** Translations
[_synonym of_ reverberant] [ringing or vibrating with many echoing sounds]
*** References
References:
[1]. [pos=adj]
[2]. [entry=reverberen]
[3]. [pos=v] ; [pos=v]
*** Further reading
- [reverberation]
[en]
** Latin
*** Participle
[la]
1. [la]
** Spanish
*** Verb
[es]
1. [reverberar]