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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.
noun
The property of being sonorous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Relative loudness (of a speech sound); degree of being sonorous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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noun
having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, vibrancy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: timbre, timber, quality, tone
History
From sonor(ous) + -ity, from French sonorité, from Latin sonōritās.
