Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [suh-nawr-uh nt, -nohr-, soh-]
- /səˈnɔr ənt, -ˈnoʊr-, soʊ-/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [suh-nawr-uh nt, -nohr-, soh-]
- /səˈnɔr ənt, -ˈnoʊr-, soʊ-/
Definitions of sonorant word
- noun sonorant a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w). 1
- noun sonorant a speech sound characterized by relatively free air passage through some channel, as a vowel, semivowel, liquid, or nasal. Compare obstruent. 1
- adjective sonorant of, relating to, or having the properties of a sonorant. 1
- noun sonorant one of the frictionless continuants or nasals (l, r, m, n, ŋ) having consonantal or vocalic functions depending on its situation within the syllable 0
- noun sonorant either of the two consonants represented in English orthography by w or y and regarded as either consonantal or vocalic articulations of the vowels iː and uː 0
- noun sonorant a voiced consonant that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than an unvoiced plosive and that may occur as a syllabic 0
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Parts of speech for Sonorant
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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sonorant popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
sonorant usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sonorant
adj sonorant
- clangorous — a loud, resonant sound; clang.
adjective sonorant
- beating — If someone is given a beating, they are hit hard many times, especially with something such as a stick.
- intensified — Simple past tense and past participle of intensify.
- oscillating — Moving in a repeated back-and-forth motion.
- quaking — (of persons) to shake or tremble from cold, weakness, fear, anger, or the like: He spoke boldly even though his legs were quaking.
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