soante

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: so‧an‧te

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin sonantem, accusative of sonāns.[1][2] Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-. Doublet of sonante.

Adjective

soante m or f (plural soantes)

  1. sonant, sounding
    Synonym: sonoro

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of consoante soante.

Noun

soante f (plural soantes)

  1. (phonetics, phonology) A speech sound that is produced with continuous, non-turbulent airflow in the vocal tract.
    Synonym: ressoante
    Antonym: obstruinte
    Hyponyms: nasal, aproximante, vibrante

References

  1. ^ soante”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ soante”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 20082024