Found 2 items, similar to sonant.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sonant sonant adj : of speech sounds [syn: voiced] [ant: surd] n : a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords [syn: voiced sound]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sonant Sonant \So"nant\, a. [L. sonans, -antis, p. pr. of sonare to sound. See Sound a noise.] 1. Of or pertaining to sound; sounding. [1913 Webster] 2. (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. -- n. A sonant letter. [1913 Webster]