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nonsonant

nonsonant adjective: not sonant.

Adjective

nonsonant (not comparable)

  1. Not sonant.

Noun

nonsonant (plural nonsonants)

  1. An unvoiced consonant.

Forms of nonsonant

pluralnonsonants

Origin of nonsonant

From non- + sonant.

Questions about nonsonant

What does nonsonant mean?
Nonsonant means not sonant.
What part of speech is nonsonant?
Nonsonant can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonsonant in the dictionary

  1. nonsolvency
  2. nonsolvent
  3. nonsolvents
  4. nonsomatic
  5. nonsomatizing
  6. nonsonant
  7. nonsonants
  8. nonsongbird
  9. nonsongbirds
  10. nonsonicated
  11. nonsonorant

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