Sony
proper noun
- Japanese corporation
- family name
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊni/ / /ˈsoʊni/ / /ˈsəʉni/
name
Etymology: A combination of Latin sonus (“sound”) and sonny (“boy”, diminutive).
- An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan.
“he mostly makes videos—virtually reinventing the diary form with his Sony 8 scrapbook.”
“Bernstein always understood this symphony, and his Sony recording was for many years one of the best.”
noun
- Alternative spelling of sonny.
“He often would say, ‘My father will not come from Washington time enough to see his sony.'”