sonancyn.

Brit.

/ˈsəʊnənsi/, U.S.

/ˈsoʊnənsi/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sonāre , -ancy suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin sonāre to sound (see sound v.¹) + -ancy suffix. Compare earlier sonance n. and the post-classical Latin form cited at that entry, and also earlier sonant adj.

Chiefly Phonetics.

The quality of being sonant (sonant adj. 2).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [noun] > voiced sound > quality

vocality1645

sonancy1860

voicedness1912

1860 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 11 317 S between two vowels usually becomes sonant, as in misery, deposit, busy, the sonancy of the vowels being communicated to it.

1884 Amer. Ann. Deaf & Dumb Oct. 249 The sonants ‘soft’, or ‘flat’, or ‘weak’, especially when the element of sonancy is suppressed.

1918 J. A. Mason Lang. of Salinan Indians i. 11 In the case of aspirates sonancy begins after a marked expulsion of breath.

1947 C. V. Riper Speech Correction (ed. 2) vii. 153 The person who says ‘back’ for ‘bag’ illustrates a sonancy error.

1988 B. L. Knapp Music, Archetype & Writer vi. 101 Nonfrictional consonants..flow freely now, almost vowel-like in their smoothness and sonancy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sonancy
释义	sonancyn. Brit. /ˈsəʊnənsi/, U.S. /ˈsoʊnənsi/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sonāre , -ancy suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin sonāre to sound (see sound v.¹) + -ancy suffix. Compare earlier sonance n. and the post-classical Latin form cited at that entry, and also earlier sonant adj. Chiefly Phonetics. The quality of being sonant (sonant adj. 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [noun] > voiced sound > quality vocality1645 sonancy1860 voicedness1912 1860 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 11 317 S between two vowels usually becomes sonant, as in misery, deposit, busy, the sonancy of the vowels being communicated to it. 1884 Amer. Ann. Deaf & Dumb Oct. 249 The sonants ‘soft’, or ‘flat’, or ‘weak’, especially when the element of sonancy is suppressed. 1918 J. A. Mason Lang. of Salinan Indians i. 11 In the case of aspirates sonancy begins after a marked expulsion of breath. 1947 C. V. Riper Speech Correction (ed. 2) vii. 153 The person who says ‘back’ for ‘bag’ illustrates a sonancy error. 1988 B. L. Knapp Music, Archetype & Writer vi. 101 Nonfrictional consonants..flow freely now, almost vowel-like in their smoothness and sonancy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860
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