| 单词 | sonorant |
| 释义 | sonorant /seuh nawr"euhnt, -nohr"-, soh-/, Phonet. n. 1. a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as /l, r, m, n, y, w/. 2. a speech sound characterized by relatively free air passage through some channel, as a vowel, semivowel, liquid, or nasal. Cf. obstruent. adj. 3. of, pertaining to, or having the properties of a sonorant. [ < L sonor- (s. of sonor) sound, noise + -ANT; see SONOROUS] |
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