Definition of Sonorants

1. Noun. (plural of sonorant) ¹

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Definition of Sonorants

1. sonorant [n] - See also: sonorant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sonorants

sonographic
sonographically
sonographies
sonography
sonolite
sonolucent
sonoluminescence
sonometer
sonometers
sonomicrometer
sonomotor
sonomotor response
sonoporation
sonoraite
sonorant
sonorants (current term)
sonorific
sonorisation
sonorities
sonority
sonorization
sonorizations
sonorize
sonorized
sonorizes
sonorizing
sonorous
sonorous rale
sonorously
sonorousness

Literary usage of Sonorants

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Hard Words by Robert Morris Pierce (1910)
"... but also consonants (stridents and sonorants) may be syllabic. ... as sometimes pronounced; of syllabic sonorants in the [i] of kettle ('ketl), ..."

2. Afrika und Übersee by Carl Meinhof (1845)
"... pin The fact that sonorants and glottalized consonants (= C*,) may trigger off devoicing of underlying voiced consonants within the same base morpheme ..."

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