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sonant

/ˈsoʊ̯n.ənt/

sonant adjective: of or pertaining to sound; sounding.

Adjective

sonant (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
  2. Voiced.
    Antonyms:
    surd

Noun

sonant (plural sonants)

  1. A voiced speech sound.
    • Indo-Germanic sonants and consonants
    Antonyms:
    surd

sonant meaning in Tamil and Bengali

sonant in Tamil

மெல்லொலி

sonant in Bengali

শব্দ সংক্রান্ত, শব্দায়মান, ঘোষ, একটি ঘোষ ধ্বনি

Antonyms of sonant

Forms of sonant

pluralsonants

Origin of sonant

Borrowed from Latin sonāns, sonantis. By surface analysis, Latin son(ō) + -ant.

Words formed from sonant

Words that rhyme with sonant

Questions about sonant

What does sonant mean?
Sonant means of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
What is sonant in Tamil?
Sonant in Tamil is மெல்லொலி. See Sonant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sonant?
Sonant can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce sonant?
Sonant is pronounced /ˈsoʊ̯n.ənt/.

Words near sonant in the dictionary

  1. Sonamy
  2. sonance
  3. sonances
  4. sonancies
  5. sonancy
  6. sonant
  7. sonantal
  8. sonantic
  9. sonantization
  10. sonantize
  11. sonantized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sonant (page history and authors); sonant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sonant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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