Sonant: meaning, definitions and examples

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sonant

 

[ หˆsษ™สŠnษ™nt ]

Adjective / Noun
Context #1 | Adjective

sound

A sonant sound is a speech sound produced with voice. It is also known as a voiced sound.

Synonyms

resonant, voiced.

Examples of usage

  • Vowels are typically sonant sounds.
  • In English, the sounds /b/, /d/, /g/, /v/, /z/, /m/, /n/, /ล‹/, and /l/ are sonant consonants.
Context #2 | Noun

linguistics

A sonant is a speech sound produced with voice, as opposed to a non-sonant (voiceless) sound.

Synonyms

voiced sound.

Examples of usage

  • In phonetics, the distinction between sonants and non-sonants is important.

Translations

Translations of the word "sonant" in other languages:

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น consoante

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ เคตเฅเคฏเค‚เคœเคจ

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Konsonant

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ konsonan

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ะฟั€ะธะณะพะปะพัะฝะฐ

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ spรณล‚gล‚oska

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ๅญ้Ÿณ

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท consonne

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ consonante

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท รผnsรผz

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท ์ž์Œ

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ุตูˆุช ุณุงูƒู†

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ souhlรกska

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ samohlรกska

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ ่พ…้Ÿณ

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ samoglasnik

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ samhljรณรฐ

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ะดะฐัƒั‹ััั‹ะท

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช แƒฎแƒ›แƒแƒ•แƒแƒœแƒ˜

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ sษ™sli

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ consonante

Etymology

The word 'sonant' originates from the Latin word 'sonans', which means 'sounding'. It has been used in linguistics to describe sounds produced with the voice since the 18th century. The concept of sonant sounds is fundamental in phonetics and the study of speech sounds.

See also: resonance, son, sonic, sonnet.