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sonantal

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so⋅nant

  [soh-nuhnt]
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–adjective
1. sounding; having sound.
2. Phonetics. voiced (opposed to surd ).
–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 ).
4. a voiced sound (opposed to surd ).
5. (in Indo-European) a sonorant.
Origin:
1840–50; < L sonānt- (s. of sonāns), prp. of sonāre to sound 1 . See son-, -ant

Related forms:
so⋅nan⋅tal  [soh-nan-tl] , so⋅nan⋅tic  [soh-nan-tik] , adjective
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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)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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