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sonoral

sonoral is the alternative form of sonorous.

Meaning of sonorous

Adjective

sonorous (comparative more sonorous, superlative most sonorous)

  1. Capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound.
    • The highlight of the hike was the sonorous cave, which produced a ringing echo from the hiker’s shouts.
    Synonyms:
    booming
  2. Full of sound and rich, as in language or verse.
    • He was selected to give the opening speech thanks to his imposing, sonorous voice.
  3. Wordy or grandiloquent.
    Synonyms:
    prolix
  4. Produced with a relatively open vocal tract and relatively little obstruction of airflow.
    • Vowels are more sonorous (acoustically powerful) than consonants, and so we perceive them as louder and lasting longer.2001, Michael Dobrovolsky, “Phonetics: The Sounds of Language”, in William O'Grady, John Archibald, Mark Aronoff, Janie Rees-Miller, editors, Contemporary Linguistics, →ISBN, page 21

Questions about sonoral

What is sonoral the alternative form of?
Sonoral is the alternative form of sonorous.

Words near sonoral in the dictionary

  1. sonoprocess
  2. sonoprocessing
  3. sonopuncture
  4. Sonora
  5. sonoraite
  6. sonoral
  7. Sonoran
  8. Sonoran bumble bee
  9. Sonoran bumble bees
  10. Sonoran Desert
  11. Sonoran Desert toad

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