Sonant Definition

sōnənt
adjective
Of sound.
Webster's New World
Having sound; sounding.
Webster's New World

(linguistics) Voiced.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
A syllabic consonant.
Webster's New World
A voiced sound.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • voiced-sound
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Other Word Forms of Sonant

Noun

Singular:
sonant
Plural:
sonants

Origin of Sonant

  • Latin sonāns sonant- present participle of sonāre to sound swen- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin sonans, sonantis.

    From Wiktionary

Sonant Sentence Examples

  • The substitution of these interdental and guttural sounds for the surd and sonant spirants respectively did certainly not take place simultaneously, but the vacillations of the old orthography, and afterwards the decision of the Spanish Academy, which suppressed x (= I; x was retained for cs) and allows only c and g before e and i, I and j before a, a, a, make it impossible for us to follow, with the help of the written texts, the course of the transformation.

  • One of the most notable differences between normal Portugiiese and Gahician is the substitution of the surd spirant in place of the sonant spirant for the Lat.

  • As for v, it has a marked tendency to become confounded, especially as an initial letter, with the sonant explosive b; Joseph Scaligers punbibere est vivere--is applicable to the Castilians as well as to the Gascons.

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Words Starting With

SSOSON

Words Ending With

TNTANT

Unscrambles

sonant

Words Starting With S and Ending With T

Starts With S & Ends With TStarts With SO & Ends With TStarts With S & Ends With NT

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With T