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SONANT
voiced, sonant, soft
(adjective) produced with vibration of the vocal cords; “a frequently voiced opinion”; “voiced consonants such as ‘b’ and ‘g’ and ‘z’”
sonant, voiced sound
(noun) a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sonant (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
(linguistics) Voiced.
Noun
sonant (plural sonants)
(linguistics) A voiced speech sound.
Anagrams
• Santon, annots., nantos, non-TAS, santon, stanno-
Source: Wiktionary
So"nant, a. Etym: [L. sonans, -antis, p.pr. of sonare to sound. See Sound a noise.]
1. Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
2. (Phonetics)
Definition: 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.
Definition: A sonant letter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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