Meaning

1 senses
  1. A speech sound that is produced without turbulent airflow in the vocal tract; the generic term of vowel, approximant, nasal consonant, etc.

    Sonorant, Klanglaut

    соно́рныйsonórnyj

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
speech sound:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
speech sound:

Origin

From sonorous + -ant, 1930s.

From sonorous + -ant, 1930s.

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Forms

plural: sonorants
Singularsonorant
Pluralsonorants

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sonorant — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto