sonorant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sonorous + -ant, 1930s.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sonorant (plural sonorants)
- (phonetics) A speech sound that is produced without turbulent airflow in the vocal tract; the generic term of vowel, approximant, nasal consonant, etc.
Translations[edit]
speech sound
References[edit]
- ^ “sonorant”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.