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sonorant
son·o·rant S0563500 (sŏn′ər-ənt, sō′nər-, sə-nôr′-)n. A usually voiced speech sound characterized by relatively free air flow through the vocal tract and capable of being syllabic, as a vowel, liquid, or nasal. [sonor(ous) + -ant.]sonorant (ˈsɒnərənt) n1. (Phonetics & Phonology) one of the frictionless continuants or nasals (l, r, m, n, ŋ) having consonantal or vocalic functions depending on its situation within the syllable2. (Phonetics & Phonology) either of the two consonants represented in English orthography by w or y and regarded as either consonantal or vocalic articulations of the vowels iː and uː[from Latin sonor a noise + -ant]so•no•rant (səˈnɔr ənt, -ˈnoʊr-, soʊ-) n. a voiced speech sound, as a vowel, semivowel, liquid, or nasal, characterized by relatively free passage of air through a channel. [1930–35] |