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Speech sound
Answer for the clue "Speech sound ", 6 letters:
sonant
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of speech sounds [syn: voiced ] [ant: surd ] n. a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords [syn: voiced sound ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1846, from Latin sonantem (nominative sonans ), present participle of sonare "make a noise," (see sonata ). As a noun from 1849.
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Usage examples of sonant.
Cynthi graditur mollique fluentem fronde premit crinem fingens atque implicat auro tela sonant umeris: haud illo segnior ibat Aeneas, tantum egregio decus enitet ore.
A deep, rumbling, string of vowellike sonants that seemed for all the worid an attempt at vocalization.