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Sonant
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Sonant has 1 sense
- sonant(n = noun.communication) voiced sound - a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords; Array is a kind of phone, sound, speech sound
Derived forms adjective sonant1, verb sound5
Adjective Sonant has 1 sense
- sonant(a = adj.all) soft, voiced - produced with vibration of the vocal cords; "a frequently voiced opinion"; "voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'" Derived form noun sonant1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Sonant, a. [L. sonans, -antis, p. pr. of sonare to sound. See Sound a noise.].
- Of or pertaining to sound; sounding. [1913 Webster]
- Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; vocal; tonic; the opposite of
nonvocal , orsurd ; -- said of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Sonant, adj. & n. Phonet.
--adj. (of a sound) voiced and syllabic.
--n. a voiced sound, esp. other than a vowel and capable of forming a syllable, e.g. l, m, n, ng, r.
--adj. (of a sound) voiced and syllabic.
--n. a voiced sound, esp. other than a vowel and capable of forming a syllable, e.g. l, m, n, ng, r.
Derivative
sonancy n.
Etymology
L sonare sonant- sound
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Sonant
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