sonantaladj.
/səˈnantl/, U.S. /səˈnæn(t)l/ Phonetics.
Syllabic; that is or contains a syllabic consonant. Cf. sonant adj. 2b.
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syllabical1530
syllabic1728
sonant1862
sonantal1888
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resonant1879
sonantal1888
1888 J. Wright Old High-German Primer i. 7 A diphthong is the combination of a sonantal with a consonantal vowel. The sonantal vowel is the bearer of the stress in the syllable in which it occurs.
1891 A. L. Mayhew Synopsis Old Eng. Phonol. 36 The Indg. sonantal liquid l.
1957 K. Malone in College Eng. 18 204/1 The particular digraphs that serve as syllable-markers are those that represent a sonantal phoneme.
1976 Archivum Linguisticum 7 93 The discussion is divided into sections dealing with developments before geminates, in ‘diphthongal groups’ (vowel + sonant), with ‘sonantal finals’ (sonant preceded by another consonant) and before two consonants.
2006 Harvard Ukrainian Stud. 28 124 Its sonantal quality becomes apparent in intervocalic positions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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