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Sonant

Sonant Meaning & Definition
Sonant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sonant?

[n] a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
[adj] (linguistics) of speech sounds

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sonant: voiced | voiced sound

Related Terms | Find terms related to Sonant:

See Also | phone | sound | speech sound

Sonant In Webster's Dictionary

\So"nant\, a. [L. sonans, -antis, p. pr. of sonare to sound. See {Sound} a noise.] 1. Of or pertaining to sound; sounding. 2. (Phonetics) Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- sid 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. -- n. A sonant letter.

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