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noun

Sonant n. A sonant letter.

adjective

Sonant adj.

Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.

(Phonetics) Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; vocal; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; said 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.

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Etymology of 'Sonant'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sonant" Quotes from Famous Books

... already perfectly developed in Handschuh; and yet in other words, as appears from the above examples, it is either simply left out or has its place supplied by z and ss. Further, it sounds almost like wantonness when frequently the surd consonant is put in place of the sonant one or vice versa; when, e. g., puch (for Buch) puecherr is said on the one hand, and wort instead of "fort" on the other. Here belongs likewise the peculiar staccato manner of uttering the syllables, e. g., pil-ter-puch (Bilder-buch—picture-book). ...

— The Mind of the Child, Part II • W. Preyer

... unam." En, Alphee, redi! Quibus ima cohorruit unda Voces praeteriere: redux quoque Sicelis omnes Musa voca valles; huc pendentes hyacinthos Fac jaciant, teneros huc flores mille colorum. O nemorum depressa, sonant ubi crebra susurri Umbrarum, et salientis aquae, Zephyrique protervi; Queisque virens gremium penetrare Canicula parcit: Picturata modis jacite huc mihi lumina miris, Mellitos imbres queis per viridantia rura Mos ...

— Verses and Translations • C. S. C.

... sonant, Aut aestuantis Larii, Aut qui severo tangit Albanus lacu Inenatabilem Styga: Aut quae procellis gaudet, & magno fremit Superba ponto Julia: Nec major usquam spumat, & rupes truci Benacus assultat salo. Intonsa curvo monte circumstant ...

— The Odes of Casimire, Translated by G. Hils • Mathias Casimire Sarbiewski

... pacatum Neptuni numine pontum: Territa mox tumido verberat astra salo. Sed brevior brevibus, quas unda supervenit, undis Sed gelida, quam mox dissipat aura, nive: Sed foliis sylvarum, et amici veris odore, Quisquis honos placeat, quisquis alatur amor. Jamne joci lususque sonant? viget alma Juventus? Funereae forsan eras cecinere tubae. Nec pietas, nec casta Fides, nec libera Virtus, Nigrantes vetuit mortis inire domos. Certa tamen lex ipsa manet, labentibus annis, Quae jubet ...

— The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) - 1809-1859 • John Morley