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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:

soft; sonant; voiced

Classified under:

Adjectives

Derivation:

sonant (a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords)

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