sonorant
English edit
Etymology edit
From sonorous + -ant, 1930s.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sonorant (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 edit
speech sound
References edit
- ^ “sonorant”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.