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sonant

[ soh-nuhnt ]

adjective

  1. Phonetics. voiced ( surd ).


noun

Phonetics.
  1. a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds sound in the syllable; a syllabic sound ( consonant ).
  2. a voiced sound ( surd ).
  3. (in Indo-European) a sonorant.

sonant

/ s蓹蕣藞n忙nt蓹l; 藞s蓹蕣n蓹nt /

adjective

  1. phonetics denoting a voiced sound capable of forming a syllable or syllable nucleus
  2. inherently possessing, exhibiting, or producing a sound
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. phonetics a voiced sound belonging to the class of frictionless continuants or nasals (l, r, m, n, ) considered from the point of view of being a vowel and, in this capacity, able to form a syllable or syllable nucleus
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • sonantal, adjective
  • 藞蝉辞苍补苍肠别, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉辞路苍补苍路迟补濒 [soh-, nan, -tl], 蝉辞路苍补苍路迟颈肠 [soh-, nan, -tik], adjective
  • 颈苍顎卼别谤路蝉辞顎僴补苍迟 adjective
  • 苍辞苍路蝉辞顎僴补苍迟 adjective noun
  • 耻苍路蝉辞顎僴补苍迟 adjective
  • 耻苍顎却辞路苍补苍顎僼补濒 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sonant1

1840鈥50; < Latin 蝉辞苍腻苍迟- (stem of 蝉辞苍腻苍蝉 ), present participle of 蝉辞苍腻谤别 to sound 1. See son-, -ant
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sonant1

C19: from Latin 蝉辞苍腻苍蝉 sounding, from 蝉辞苍腻谤别 to make a noise, resound
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His rich, dulcet tones made him a star of Princeton鈥檚 sonant circuit.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I. E. sonant r and l become ri, li.

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