adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sonant
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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sōnʹənt
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/ˈsoʊ̯n.ənt/
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rhymes with -əʊnənt
adj
Meaning 2
Voiced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: surd
noun
Meaning 3
A voiced speech sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
Examples
- Indo-Germanic sonants and consonants
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: surd
adjective
Meaning 4
produced with vibration of the vocal cords;
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a frequently voiced opinion
- voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: voiced, soft
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: voiced sound
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: phone, speech sound, sound
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sonāns, sonantis. By surface analysis, Latin son(ō) + -ant.