Sonant

Word SONANT
Character 6
Hyphenation so nant
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Sonant"

What do we mean by sonant?

Voiced, as a speech sound. adjective

A voiced speech sound. noun

A syllabic consonant in Indo-European. noun

Pertaining to or having sound; sounding.

In pron., noting certain alphabetic sounds, as the vowels, semivowels, nasals, and voiced mutes and fricatives, the utterance of which includes the element of tone, or a vibration of the vocal chords, as a, l, n, b, z, v (the last three as opposed to p, s, f, which are similar utterances without tone); voiced, vocal, intonated (soft and flat are also sometimes used in the same sense).

In entomology, same as sonorific, 2.

In pron., a sonant letter. noun

Of or pertaining to sound; sounding. adjective

Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; vocal; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- said of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate. adjective

Of or pertaining to sound; sounding. adjective

Voiced adjective

A voiced letter. noun

A speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords noun

Produced with vibration of the vocal cords adjective

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The word "sonant" in example sentences

In verses marked 's' the last sonant is shorter than the average of the preceding sonants. ❋ Various (1889)

Then I asked about a vowel and they said, "sonant" and then tried "unconsonant". ❋ Ea13 (2005)

{Greek}, Æsop, whose name, involved in myth, possibly connects with: — “Æsopus et Aithiops idem sonant” says the sage. ❋ Unknown (2006)

[4854] Oscula mille sonant, connexu brachia pallent, ❋ Unknown (2007)

(For a thing is white, fragrant, sonant, sweet, hot, cold in virtue of a power of acting on sense). ❋ Unknown (2002)

Since the pangenes were lim - ited to the cell and corresponded one to one with particular hereditary characteristics, and since they were always represented in full measure in the nucleus, the conceptual model developed by de Vries was con - sonant with the principle of the isolation of the germ - plasm and the noninheritance of acquired charac - teristics. ❋ BENTLEY GLASS (1968)

And how he would do this he declares a little before: “Sacra verba in alium sensum, quam verba sonant, per inusitatos etiam tropos quandoque explicantur.” ❋ 1616-1683 (1965)

* [2161] Sacra verba in alium sensum, quam verba sonant, per inusitatos etiam tropos quandoque explicantur ❋ 1616-1683 (1965)

TERITVR, for which Riese cited _Tr_ I iv 9-10 'pinea texta sonant pulsu ❋ 43 BC-18? Ovid (N/A)

_Fast_ III 612 'flet tamen _admonitu_ motus, Elissa, tui', where many manuscripts read _admonitus_, and _Tr_ I iv 9 'pinea texta sonant pulsu ❋ 43 BC-18? Ovid (N/A)

[5] For 'voiced,' 'sonant,' 'soft,' or 'media' are sometimes used. ❋ Charles E. Bennett (N/A)

Ecce in littera T aliqui ita pingue nescio quid sonant, ut cum dicunt _etiam_ nihil de media syllaba infringant. ❋ Frances Ellen Lord (N/A)

Tot linguæ, totidem ora sonant, tot subrigit aures. ❋ Various (N/A)

Far to the right lay what had once been called (_hor resco referens_) the duck-pond, where -- _Dulce sonant tenui gutture carmen aves_. ❋ Various (N/A)

After certain consonants it was hard to pronounce clearly, and so the sonant was changed into the easier surd, and such words as pushed and clipped became, in ordinary conversation, pusht and clipt. ❋ Henry Louis (1921)

Romanum propius diuitiusque forum est. illic aera sonant: at circum pulpita nostra ❋ Martial (1912)

Nasone Paeligni sonant, duosque Senecas unicumque Lucanum ❋ Martial (1912)

The vowel sound is so intimately linked with the consonant -- the con-sonant, implying this intimate relation in its very name -- that it seemed extremely difficult to give it individual recognition. ❋ Unknown (1904)

His hands moved quietly; his voice was clear and sonant; his words were few and polite. ❋ Kostes Palamas (1901)

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