Sony

//ˈsəʊni// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan.

    "he mostly makes videos—virtually reinventing the diary form with his Sony 8 scrapbook."

Noun
  1. 1
    A device produced by Sony.

    "Connie Chung, the pretty Chinese CBS correspondent, occupied the room next to mine at the Hyatt House and she was always back by midnight, reciting a final sixty-second radio spot into her Sony or absorbing one last press release before getting a good night’s sleep."

  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of sonny. alt-of, alternative

    "He often would say, ‘My father will not come from Washington time enough to see his sony.'"

Etymology

Etymology 1

A combination of Latin sonus (“sound”) and sonny (“boy”, diminutive).

Etymology 2

A combination of Latin sonus (“sound”) and sonny (“boy”, diminutive).

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