sonorant

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English

Etymology

From sonorous +‎ -ant, 1930s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səˈnɔːɹ(ə)nt/, /ˈsɒn(ə)ɹ(ə)nt/

Noun

sonorant (plural sonorants)

  1. (phonetics) A speech sound that is produced without turbulent airflow in the vocal tract; the generic term of vowel, approximant, nasal consonant, etc.
    Synonym: resonant
    Antonym: obstruent
    Hyponyms: approximant, glide, liquid, nasal

Translations

References

  1. ^ “sonorant”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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