sonant
/ˈsoʊnənt/
adjective
- Having sound; sounding or resonant.
- A sonant voice carried clearly through the auditorium.
- The sonant strings of the guitar vibrated after each strum.
- The sonant hum of the engine filled the garage.
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noun
- A speech sound that is voiced, such as a vowel or a voiced consonant.
- The letter 'b' is a sonant because your voice box buzzes when you say it.
- In phonetics, a sonant is produced with vibrating vocal cords.
- Linguists study how sonants differ from voiceless sounds.