Meaning

1 senses
  1. A voiced speech sound.

    Indo-Germanic sonants and consonants

    a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords

Origin

Borrowed from Latin sonāns, sonantis. By surface analysis, Latin son(ō) + -ant.

Borrowed from Latin sonāns, sonantis. By surface analysis, Latin son(ō) + -ant.

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Forms

plural: sonants
Singularsonant
Pluralsonants

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords:voiced sound

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsound

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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