sonant

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voiced
Of or pertaining to sound; sounding
A sonant letter
which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate
Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; vocal; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; said of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc
a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords of speech sounds
as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc
{s} spoken out loud, voiced
a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
of speech sounds
sonant

    Hyphenation

    so·nant

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'sO-n&nt ] (adjective.) 1846. Latin sonant-, sonans, present participle of sonare to sound; more at SOUND.
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