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Definition of: sonant
(sō′nənt) adjective
1. Sounding; resonant.
2. Phonet. Voiced: opposed to surd, voiceless.
—noun Phonet.
1. A voiced speech sound.
2. A syllabic sound; in the Indo-European languages, a sonorant. [<L sonans, -antis, ppr. of sonare resound]
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