Definitions for sonants

sonants so·nant

Spelling: [soh-nuh nt]
IPA: /ˈsoʊ nənt/

Sonants is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 102 anagrams from letters in sonants (annosst).

Definitions for sonants

noun

  1. a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
  2. a voiced sound (opposed to surd).
  3. (in Indo-European) a sonorant.

adjective

  1. sounding; having sound.
  2. Phonetics. voiced (opposed to surd).

Origin of sonants

1840-50; Latin sonānt- (stem of sonāns), present participle of sonāre to sound1. See son-, -ant

Examples for sonants

His hands moved quietly; his voice was clear and sonant; his words were few and polite.

The rule of surd to surd and sonant to sonant is neglected in most of the factitious specimens of broken English.

The language is of late date, and the sonant final -e is decidedly scarce.

sonant melliflua hymnorum organa, suavissima angelorum melodia, cantica canticorum mira!

Surdimū′tism, the condition of being deaf and dumb; Surd′ity, want of sonant quality.

On the other hand, z as the representative of sonant th, is legitimate in the broken English of a Frenchman.

Far to the right lay what had once been called (horresco referens) the duckpond, where—Dulce sonant tenui gutture carmen aves.

Far to the right lay what had once been called (hor resco referens) the duck-pond, where—Dulce sonant tenui gutture carmen aves.

For 'voiced,' 'sonant,' 'soft,' or 'media' are sometimes used.

As if the 'internal evidence' of a poem containing no sonant final -e is not enough to condemn it at once.

Word Value for sonants
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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