See Also: Sonant(medicine)
sonant(dictionary)

sonant (iou)



sonant adjective & noun. M19.
[Latin sonant- pres. ppl stem of sonare to sound: see -ANT1.]
Phonetics.
A. adjective.
1. Uttered with vocal sound, voiced. M19.
2. Syllabic; forming or capable of forming a syllable. L19.
B. noun.
1. A voiced sound or letter. M19.
2. A syllabic sound; esp. a syllabic consonant. L19.
3. A consonant that can be either syllabic or non-syllabic; a continuant or nasal, as . M20.
so'nantal adjective (a) syllabic; (b) rare that is or contains a sonant: L19.