sonorant
English
editEtymology
editFrom sonorous + -ant, 1930s.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsonorant (plural sonorants)
- (phonetics) A speech sound that is produced without turbulent airflow in the vocal tract; the generic term of vowel, approximant, nasal consonant, etc.
Translations
editspeech sound
References
edit- ^ “sonorant”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.