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sonorant

Translation
sonorant
/seuh nawr"euhnt, -nohr"-, soh-/, Phonet.
n.
1. a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as /l, r, m, n, y, w/.
2. a speech sound characterized by relatively free air passage through some channel, as a vowel, semivowel, liquid, or nasal. Cf. obstruent.
adj.
3. of, pertaining to, or having the properties of a sonorant.
[ < L sonor- (s. of sonor) sound, noise + -ANT; see SONOROUS]

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      in phonetics, any of the nasal, liquid, and glide consonants that are marked by a continuing resonant sound. Sonorants have more acoustic energy than other consonants. In English the sonorants are y, w, l, r, m, n, and ng. See also nasal; liquid.

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