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Meaning of "sonorant" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SONORANT

From Latin sonor a noise + -ant.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SONORANT

sonorant  [ˈsɒnərənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SONORANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sonorant is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SONORANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sonorant

In phonetics and phonology, a sonorant is a speech sound that is produced with continuous, non-turbulent airflow in the vocal tract; these are the manners of articulation that are most often voiced in the world's languages. Vowels are sonorants, as are consonants like /m/ and /l/: approximants, nasals, taps, and trills. In the sonority hierarchy, all sounds higher than fricatives are sonorants. They can therefore form the nucleus of a syllable in languages that place that distinction at that level of sonority; see Syllable for details. The word resonant is sometimes used for these non-turbulent sounds. In this case, the word sonorant may be restricted to non-vocoid resonants; that is, all of the above except vowels and semivowels. However, this usage is becoming dated. Sonorants contrast with obstruents, which do stop or cause turbulence in the airflow. They include fricatives and stops. Among consonants pronounced in the back in the mouth or in the throat, the distinction between an approximant and a voiced fricative is so blurred that no language is known to contrast them.

Definition of sonorant in the English dictionary

The definition of sonorant in the dictionary is one of the frictionless continuants or nasals (l, r, m, n, (ŋ)) having consonantal or vocalic functions depending on its situation within the syllable. Other definition of sonorant is either of the two consonants represented in English orthography by w or y and regarded as either consonantal or vocalic articulations of the vowels and.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SONORANT


adherent
ədˈhɪərənt
Arendt
ˈɛərənt
coherent
kəʊˈhɪərənt
deodorant
diːˈəʊdərənt
different
ˈdɪfərənt
durant
ˈdjʊərənt
exuberant
ɪɡˈzjuːbərənt
generant
ˈdʒɛnərənt
grandparent
ˈɡrænˌpɛərənt
ignorant
ˈɪɡnərənt
incoherent
ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərənt
inherent
ɪnˈhɪərənt
intolerant
ɪnˈtɒlərənt
irreverent
ɪˈrɛvərənt
itinerant
ɪˈtɪnərənt
parent
ˈpɛərənt
pig-ignorant
ˈpɪɡˌɪɡnərənt
referent
ˈrɛfərənt
refrigerant
rɪˈfrɪdʒərənt
tolerant
ˈtɒlərənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SONORANT

sonnies
sonny
sonobuoy
sonogram
sonograph
sonographer
sonography
sonoluminescence
sonometer
Sonora
sonority
sonorous
sonorously
sonorousness
sonovox
sons of bitches
Sons of Freedom
sons of guns
sons-in-law
sonship

WORDS THAT END LIKE SONORANT

ameliorant
amorant
commorant
cormorant
corroborant
courant
decolorant
edulcorant
expectorant
five-star restaurant
grant
invigorant
odorant
orant
perforant
restaurant
roborant
vibrant
vorant
warrant

Synonyms and antonyms of sonorant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sonorant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SONORANT

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The translations of sonorant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sonorant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

响音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sonorante
570 millions of speakers

English

sonorant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sonorant
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sonorant
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сонорный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sonorant
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sonorant
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sonorant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sonorant
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sonorant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

共鳴音
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sonorant
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sonorant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sonorant
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குரலினை உடைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सोनोअरंट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sonorant
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sonorant
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sonorny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сонорний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sonorant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηχηρός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sonorant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sonorant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sonorant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sonorant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SONORANT»

The term «sonorant» is normally little used and occupies the 141.495 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SONORANT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sonorant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SONORANT»

Discover the use of sonorant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sonorant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Language System and Its Change: On Theory and Testability
sonority scales based on distinctive features: Latin sonority scale [-sonorant, - continuant, -coronal] : p, k, b, g [-sonorant, -continuant, +coronal] : t, d [-sonorant, +continuant, -coronal] : f [-sonorant, +continuant, +coronal] : s [+sonorant, ...
Jadranka Gvozdanović, 1985
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English Phonology: An Introduction
4.2.1 Major classes: [Sonorant], [Continuant] and [Consonantal] Before we embark on our task, let us recapitulate briefly what was said in chapter 1 about the definition of the notion 'vowel'. This definition, it will be recalled, has so far involved ...
Heinz J. Giegerich, 1992
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Syllable Weight: Phonetics, Phonology, Typology
Turning to sonority, the ratio of sonorant to obstruent codas also is a fairly reliable predictor of weight criteria as predicted. Of the 29 languages with the CVV(C) heavy criterion, 27 have fewer sonorant than obstruent codas. Of the 33 languages ...
Matthew Gordon, 2007
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Theoretical Issues in Korean Linguistics
Thus in derivation of both the /L+n/ and /L+L/ cases, the [approximant] feature comes to be shared by the two input instances of [sonorant], which in turn reduce to one as illustrated in (15), this through the mediation of rule (6), Sonorant ...
Young-Key Kim-Renaud, 1994
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Language System and its Change: On Theory and Testability
sonority scales based on distinctive features: Latin sonority scale [—sonorant, - continuant, -coronal]: p, k, b, g [—sonorant, -continuant, +coronal] I t, d [— sonorant, +continuant, -coronal] I f [—sonorant, +continuant, +coronal] : s [+ sonorant, ...
Jadranka Gvozdanovic, 1985
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Proceedings of the Eighth West Coast Conference on Formal ...
The 'I tsonorant]' hypothesis assumes [+sonorant] is present underlyiogly, and [- sonorant] as default. Recall that all voiced continuants are also redundantly [+ sonorant]. However, the corresponding derived stops and prenasalized stops are  ...
E. Jane Fee, Katherine Hunt, 1989
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The Phonological Structure of Words: An Introduction
However, the apparently asymmetric behaviour of [nasal] does not necessarily have consequences for all other features. Consider [sonorant], for example. We saw in §l.3.l that there are processes affecting the class of [+sonorant] consonants, ...
Colin J. Ewen, Harry van der Hulst, 2001
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Language Processing and Acquisition in Languages of Semitic, ...
... final sonorant 4. calul transparent Adjec 3 consonants, CVCVC, C2=C3, final sonorant 5. dli pail Place 2 consonants, final open 6. garzen axe Instr 4 consonants, final sonorant, verblike vowel structure 1. kaf spoon Instr 2 consonants, CVC 8.
Joseph Shimron, 2003
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The Timing of Voicing in British English Obstruents
The nature of the post-stop environment From Table 3.7, it is evident that many of the findings concerning voice onset time in stop-sonorant sequences are similar to those found in stop-vowel sequences. Comparisons were carried out ...
Gerard J. Docherty, 1992
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Origins of Sound Change: Approaches to Phonologization
McCarthy (1988) accounts for the lack of spreading by [consonantal] and [ sonorant] by placing them inside the root node in feature geometry, so that they do not project their own tiers. So far the class of partitioning features have been identified ...
Alan C. L. Yu, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SONORANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sonorant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Belle Isle: A history museum unto itself
These Class III-IV rapids challenge whitewater kayakers and provide a sonorant background for this hike. You cannot resist heading to the rocks where ... «Johnson City Press, Jun 15»
2
Modfather fans enjoy triple encores
In 'Above The Clouds', Weller's blue-eyed soul of a voice was especially sonorant and in 'From The Floorboards Up' ('As Is Now'), the sonics grew more raw and ... «Examiner.com, Jun 15»
3
Healthy Options Yoga Holidays Review: Put The Fun Back Into The …
Plus, the sonorant souks of the Moroccan capital seemed an incongruous choice for a yoga haven. But when I was greeted at the airport by Carly, the laid-back ... «Yahoo Lifestyle UK, Apr 15»
4
San Diego Opera Alive and Well at 50 with 'La Boheme'
Among the men, the standouts are baritone Morgan Smith (Marcello) and sonorant bass baritone Christian Van Horn as the philosopher Colline, who's superb in ... «Times of San Diego, Jan 15»
5
Opera review: 'Salome'
Mezzo-soprano Heather Johnson (in a trousers role) as Herodias' page blasts a clear and sonorant voice of caution in this dark story (though why she was ... «Dallas Voice, Nov 14»
6
A Masterwork of Beethoven from S.F. Symphony
Large cataracts of sound pour out of the orchestra in strict tempo, without sonorant resonance or much volume contrast. The scherzo, the only movement that's ... «San Francisco Classical Voice, May 13»
7
How to make outside-the-box hot dogs
Recipe: Bacon Wrapped Sonorant Hot Dogs. Everything tastes better when you had use bacon. This smoky bacon treat comes topped with cilantro, avocado, ... «Fox News, May 13»
8
えすとえむ、小説「モンスターU子の嘘」で挿画を執筆
2012年1月17日 13:17. sonorant [Twitter] “@comic_natalie: えすとえむ、小説「モンスターU子の嘘」で挿画を執筆 ” のぼうの城みたいに人気出るのかな~. 2012年1月15 ... «コミックナタリー, Jan 12»
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bajune tobetaとevalaによるコラボレート・アルバムが登場
... ているサウンド・アーティスト、evalaこと江原寛人。2人によるコラボレート・アルバム『white sonorant』(PFCD-26 税込2,310円)が名門PROGRESSIVE FOrMよりリリース ... «CDJournal.com, Aug 11»
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Kiki or bouba? In search of language's missing link
Sounds might also reflect the speed of movement: slow movement tends to be represented by sonorant sounds such as “l” or “w”, whereas explosive obstruents ... «New Scientist, Jul 11»

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