sonant
Americanadjective
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phonetics denoting a voiced sound capable of forming a syllable or syllable nucleus
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inherently possessing, exhibiting, or producing a sound
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of sonant
1840–50; < Latin sonānt- (stem of sonāns ), present participle of sonāre to sound 1. See son-, -ant
Example Sentences
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Dr. Gutheil cautions that no accurate explanation is apt to be simple: more likely in Hinckley's mind was a dis sonant snarl of emotions and delusions, which in concert led him to Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
It will of course use the widest variation possible in the matter of accents, lags, dynamic forms, and lengths of sonant and element depending on emphasis.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg
The sonant and the interval of each element were measured, and all the pauses except the stanza pause were recorded.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg
Surdimū′tism, the condition of being deaf and dumb; Surd′ity, want of sonant quality.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Special accentuation of the long syllable of the foot increases the length of the sonant, of the accented element, and of the entire foot.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg
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