Meanings
nounsonorant (plural sonorants)
plural sonorants
- human sciencesA speech sound that is produced without turbulent airflow in the vocal tract; the generic term of vowel, approximant, nasal consonant, etc.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA speech sound that is produced without turbulent airflow in the vocal tract; the generic term of vowel, approximant, nasal consonant, etc.
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German Sonorant, Klanglaut
- Sonorantspeech sound
- Klanglautspeech sound
Hungarian zengőhang, szonoráns
- zengőhangspeech sound
- szonoránsspeech sound
Japanese 共鳴音
- 共鳴音 (kyōmeion)speech sound
Polish spółgłoska zwarto-otwarta, sonorant
- spółgłoska zwarto-otwartaspeech sound
- sonorantspeech sound
Portuguese soante, consonante soante
- soantespeech sound
- consonante soantespeech sound
Russian соно́рный
- соно́рный (sonórnyj)speech sound
Spanish sonante, consonante sonántica
- sonantespeech sound
- consonante sonánticaspeech sound
- consonante sonorantespeech sound
Vietnamese âm vang
- âm vangspeech sound
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APA
sonorant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonorant
MLA
“sonorant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonorant. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sonorant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonorant.
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