Sonant

[sәunәnt]

Definition

(noun.) a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords.

Checked by Jessie--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.

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

(n.) A sonant letter.

Checker: Sinclair

Definition

adj. sounding: pertaining to sound: uttered with sound instead of breath alone as certain alphabetic sounds.—ns. Sō′nance (Shak.) a call; Sō′nancy sonant character.

Checker: Mimi