Sonant

Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
  • (a.) Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- sid 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.

Compare sonant with other words:

asonant vs. sonant

softa vs. sonant

nonsonant vs. sonant

consonant vs. sonant

equisonant vs. sonant

sonant vs. voiced

soft vs. sonant