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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024so•nant (sō′nənt),USA pronunciation adj. - sounding; having sound.
- Phoneticsvoiced (opposed to surd).
n. Phonet. - Phoneticsa speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable;
a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant). - Phoneticsa voiced sound (opposed to surd).
- Phonetics(in Indo-European) a sonorant.
- Latin sonānt- (stem of sonāns), present participle of sonāre to sound1. See son-, -ant
- 1840–50
so•nan•tal (sō nan′tl),USA pronunciation so•nan•tic (sō nan′tik),USA pronunciation adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sonant /ˈsəʊnənt/ adj - denoting a voiced sound capable of forming a syllable or syllable nucleus
- inherently possessing, exhibiting, or producing a sound
n - a voiced sound belonging to the class of frictionless continuants or nasals (l, r, m, n, ŋ ) considered from the point of view of being a vowel and, in this capacity, able to form a syllable or syllable nucleus
Etymology: 19th Century: from Latin sonāns sounding, from sonāre to make a noise, resoundˈsonance n |