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clangour

UK/ˈklæŋ(ɡ)ə/US/ˈklæŋ(ɡ)ɚ/
nounC2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

A clangour is a loud continuous ringing din. The clangour of the bells.

It is metal on metal rather than any other noise, which is what the word carries. Americans spell it clangor, and both are rare outside writing.

Definitions of clangour

  1. 1nounclangourA loud continuous ringing din.C2

    “The clangour from the yard went on until dark.”

clangour is a noise.

Also accepted in games: clangor

Where it comes from

  1. Latin

    clangor

  2. English, today

    clangour

Borrowed from Latin clangor.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Song of Ice and Fire

Practise this word

clangour in the wild

  • The term originates from the Acadian French word meaning "clangour" or "din".

    Tintamarre

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.