Crossword clues for sonant
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sonant \So"nant\, a. [L. sonans, -antis, p. pr. of sonare to sound. See Sound a noise.]
Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
(Phonetics) Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; vocal; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- said 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.
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.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to sound; sounding. 2 (context linguistics English) voiced n. (context linguistics English) A voiced letter.
WordNet
n. a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords [syn: voiced sound]
Wikipedia
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.