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Definitions for Sonorant
[1] a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w).
[2] a speech sound characterized by relatively free air passage through some channel, as a vowel, semivowel, liquid, or nasal. Compare obstruent.
[3] of, relating to, or having the properties of a sonorant.
[4] one of the frictionless continuants or nasals (l, r, m, n, ŋ ) having consonantal or vocalic functions depending on its situation within the syllable
[5] 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
Words related to Sonorant
thrilling, ringing, profound, rich, mellow, sonorous, resonant, earsplitting, forceful, thunderous, roaring, loud, emphatic, electrifying, thundering, booming, resounding, strident, throbbing, full
Words nearby Sonorant
sonography, sonoluminescence, sonoma, sonometer, sonora, sonorant, sonority, sonorous, sonorous rale, sons and lovers, sons of freedom
Origin of Sonorant
< Latin sonōr- (stem of sonor ) sound, noise + -ant; see sonorous
Other words from Sonorant
non·so·no·rant , adjective, noun
Word origin for Sonorant
from Latin sonor a noise + -ant
Synonyms for Sonorant
mellow, profound, rich, ringing, sonorous, thrilling, beating, booming, clangorous, consonant, deep, deep-toned, earsplitting, echoing, electrifying, enhanced, full, heightened, intensified, loud, noisy, orotund, plangent, powerful, pulsating, pulsing, resounding, reverberant, reverberating, roaring, round, stentorian, strident, throbbing, thundering, thunderous