ALL meanings of sonant
so·nant
S s - adjective sonant sounding; having sound. 1
- adjective sonant Phonetics. voiced (opposed to surd). 1
- noun sonant a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant). 1
- noun sonant a voiced sound (opposed to surd). 1
- noun sonant (in Indo-European) a sonorant. 1
- adjective sonant denoting a voiced sound capable of forming a syllable or syllable nucleus 0
- adjective sonant inherently possessing, exhibiting, or producing a sound 0
- noun sonant a voiced sound belonging to the class of frictionless continuants or nasals (l, r, m, n, ŋ) considered from the point of view of being a vowel and, in this capacity, able to form a syllable or syllable nucleus 0
- adjective sonant of sound 0
- adjective sonant having sound; sounding 0
- noun sonant a syllabic consonant 0
- noun sonant a voiced sound 0