The translator's task is to find the power in their language that evokes an echo of the originals; the echo of the translator's language must also provide a reverberation of the work, the echo of the foreign language.
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Reverberation
//ɹiˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "reverberation" (74 found)
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60 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- ехо noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
- ехтене noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
- отражение noun (reflection of light or heat)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 迴響 /回响 noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
Dutch
4 entries- echo noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
- repercussie noun (evolving series of effects)
- terugslag noun (violent oscillation or vibration)
- weerkaatsing noun (reflection of light or heat)
Esperanto
1 entries- resonado noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
Finnish
4 entries- heijastus noun (reflection of light or heat)
- jälkikaiku noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
- jälkikaiunta noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
- jälkikaiut noun (evolving series of effects)
French
4 entries- contrecoup noun (violent oscillation or vibration)
- echo noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
- réflexion noun (reflection of light or heat)
- répercussion noun (evolving series of effects)
German
4 entries- Hall noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
- Nachhall noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
- Nachhall noun (evolving series of effects)
- Nachhallen noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
Irish
4 entries- aisfhuaimniú noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
- frithchaitheamh noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
- frithchaitheamh noun (reflection of light or heat)
- frithspré noun (reflection of light or heat)
Japanese
1 entries- 残響 noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
Macedonian
1 entries- одек noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
Māori
2 entries- paorangi noun (violent oscillation or vibration)
- paorangi noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
Polish
1 entries- pogłos noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
Portuguese
2 entries- repercussão noun (evolving series of effects)
- reverberação noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
Russian
3 entries- о́тзвук noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
- отраже́ние noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
- ревербера́ция noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
Slovak
1 entries- dozvuk noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
Swedish
1 entries- efterklang noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
Tagalog
3 entries- balingawngaw noun (violent oscillation or vibration)
- balingawngaw noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
- ulyaw noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
Thai
2 entries- เสียงกังวาน noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
- เสียงก้อง noun (echo, or a series of overlapping echos)
Sample sentences
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The discomfort caused by the bat's reverberation surprised Tommy.
Source: wiktionary
The reverberation that followed Marilyn's shout filled the cavern.
Source: wiktionary
Like the several reverberations of the same image from two opposite looking glasses.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.