adjective
- producing sound; having a deep, resonant sound
Usage: formal
noun
- a speech sound produced with vibration of the vocal cords
Usage: linguistics
Examples
- The sonant bells echoed through the valley.
- Her sonant voice carried clearly across the auditorium.
- In phonetics, ‘b’ and ‘d’ are sonant consonants.
- The linguist explained the difference between sonant and voiceless sounds.
- The sonant quality of his speech made him an excellent narrator.
- Students learned to identify sonant letters in their pronunciation class.