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SONANT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
Synonyms:
sonant; voiced sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("sonant" is a kind of...):
phone; sound; speech sound ((phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language)
Derivation:
sonant (produced with vibration of the vocal cords)
sound (utter with vibrating vocal chords)
II. (adjective)
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Meaning:
Produced with vibration of the vocal cords
Example:
voiced consonants such as 'b' and 'g' and 'z'
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Derivation:
sonant (a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords)
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