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Meaning of 'sonant' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sonant [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
- 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.
2 . Sonant [ n.]
- A sonant letter.

Meaning of 'sonant' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sonant [ a]
Meaning (1):
- produced with vibration of the vocal cords
Example in sentence:
  • a frequently voiced opinion;
  • voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'

Nearby Words:

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