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

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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

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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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