nənt noun Phonetics.
3.
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 ).
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(in Indo-European) a sonorant.
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Sonant
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So is breathed. Does it mean:
| a plosive consonant whose occlusion and release are accomplished chiefly at the glottis |
| unvoiced or voiceless; utilizing the breath exclusively in the production of a speech sound |
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sonant (ˈsəʊnənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | phonetics denoting a voiced sound capable of forming a syllable or syllable nucleus |
| 2. | inherently possessing, exhibiting, or producing a sound |
| —n | |
| 3. | phonetics a voiced sound belonging to the class of frictionless continuants or nasals (l, r, m, n, ) considered from the point of view of being a vowel and, in this capacity, able to form a syllable or syllable nucleus |
| [C19: from Latin sonāns sounding, from sonāre to make a noise, resound] | |
| 'sonance | |
| —n | |
| sonantal | |
| —adj | |
| so'nantic | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
sonant
1846, from L. sonantem (nom. sonans), prp. of sonare "make a noise," related to sonus "sound" (see sound (n.1)).
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