Associations to the word «Sonant»

Wiktionary

SONANT, adjective. Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
SONANT, adjective. (linguistics) voiced
SONANT, noun. (linguistics) A voiced letter.

Dictionary definition

SONANT, noun. A speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords.
SONANT, adjective. Produced with vibration of the vocal cords; "a frequently voiced opinion"; "voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'";.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne