sonant

An obsolete adjective meaning sounding or having sound; rarely used in modern English.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes Adjektiv mit der Bedeutung 'klingend' oder 'einen Laut habend'; in der Linguistik auch 'stimmhaft' oder 'sonor'.

1. Voiced sound C2 formal

   Produced with vibration of the vocal cords, as opposed to voiceless sounds.

   • The letter 'b' is a sonant consonant.
   • Sonant sounds are common in vowels and certain consonants.
   • Linguists classify sonant sounds by their vocal cord activity.

   🇩🇪Stimmhafter Laut

   Synonyme: voiced

   Antonyme: atonicsurdunvoicedvoiceless

• more sonant comparative form
• most sonant superlative form

A noun referring to a speech sound that is produced with vibration of the vocal cords, such as a vowel or a voiced consonant.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das einen Sprachlaut bezeichnet, bei dem die Stimmbänder schwingen, z. B. ein Vokal oder ein stimmhafter Konsonant.

1. Voiced speech sound C2 formal

   A speech sound that is produced with vibration of the vocal cords, such as vowels and certain consonants.

   • In phonetics, vowels are always sonants.
   • The consonant 'b' is a sonant because the vocal cords vibrate.
   • Linguists classify sonants based on their acoustic properties.

   🇩🇪Stimmhafter Laut

   Synonyme: vocalvoice

   Antonyme: surd

• sonants plural form
• sonants' possessive plural form
• sonant's possessive singular form