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sonant
[soh-nuhnt]
sonant
/ səʊˈnæntəl, ˈsəʊnənt /
adjective
phonetics denoting a voiced sound capable of forming a syllable or syllable nucleus
inherently possessing, exhibiting, or producing a sound
noun
phonetics 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
Other 51Թ Forms
- sonantal adjective
- sonantic adjective
- intersonant adjective
- nonsonant adjective
- unsonant adjective
- unsonantal adjective
- ˈDzԲԳ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sonant1
Example Sentences
His rich, dulcet tones made him a star of Princeton’s sonant circuit.
But no physiological or psychological explanation of consonance is given by this fact, for the simple reason that in the acoustic nerve-process nothing corresponding to the periodicity of the sonant stimulus is discoverable.
It is classed as a surd spirant, its corresponding sonant spirant being v, which is distinguished from f by being pronounced with voice instead of breath, as may be perceived by pronouncing ef, ev.
It is a mute and labial, pronounced solely by the lips, and is distinguished from p by being sonant, that is, produced by the utterance of voice as distinguished from breath.
I. E. sonant r and l become ri, li.
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