SONANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sonant mean? 

• SONANT (noun)
  The noun SONANT has 1 sense:

1. a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords

  Familiarity information: SONANT used as a noun is very rare.

• SONANT (adjective)
  The adjective SONANT has 1 sense:

1. produced with vibration of the vocal cords

  Familiarity information: SONANT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SONANT (noun)

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Meaning:

A speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

sonant; voiced sound

Hypernyms ("sonant" is a kind of...):

phone; sound; speech sound ((phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language)

Derivation:

sonant (produced with vibration of the vocal cords)

sound (utter with vibrating vocal chords)

• SONANT (adjective)

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Meaning:

Produced with vibration of the vocal cords

Synonyms:

soft; sonant; voiced

Context example:

voiced consonants such as 'b' and 'g' and 'z'

Derivation:

sonant (a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords)