sonant
/ˈsoʊ̯n.ənt/ adjective, noun
Forms sonants
- adjective Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
- adjective (phonology) Voiced.
- noun (phonology) A voiced speech sound.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sonāns, sonantis. By surface analysis, Latin son(ō) + -ant.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
- adjective 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.
Etymology [L. sonans, -antis, p.pr. of sonare to sound. See Sound a noise.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “sonant”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details