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Definitions for: Sonant
[n] a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
[adj] (linguistics) of speech sounds
Webster (1913) Definition: So"nant, a. [L. sonans, -antis, p. pr. of sonare to
sound. See Sound a noise.]
1. Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
2. (Phonetics) Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or
proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath
sound; intonated; voiced; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal,
or surd; -- sid of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and
nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard,
v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc.,
which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate. -- n. A
sonant letter.
Synonyms: voiced, voiced sound
Antonyms: surd, unvoiced, voiceless
See Also: phone, sound, speech sound
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