Definitions for sonorants

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sonorants so·no·rant

Spelling: [suh-nawr-uh nt, -nohr-, soh-]

IPA: /səˈnɔr ənt, -ˈnoʊr-, soʊ-/

Sonorants is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 259 anagrams from letters in sonorants (annoorsst).

Definitions for sonorants

noun

1. a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w).
2. a speech sound characterized by relatively free air passage through some channel, as a vowel, semivowel, liquid, or nasal. Compare obstruent.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or having the properties of a sonorant.

Origin of sonorants

Latin sonōr- (stem of sonor) sound, noise + -ant; see sonorous