About The Word Sonant
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Sonant
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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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