sonant
[adjective]
Synonyms: vocal, articulate, oral, spoken, viva voce, voiced

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sonant adjective & noun. ['sǝʊnǝnt] M19.
[Latin sonant- pres. ppl stem of sonare to sound: see -ANT¹.]
Phonetics.
A. adjective.
1. Uttered with vocal sound, voiced. M19.
2. Syllabic; forming or capable of forming a syllable. L19.
B. noun.
1. A voiced sound or letter. M19.
2. A syllabic sound; esp. a syllabic consonant. L19.
3. A consonant that can be either syllabic or non-syllabic; a continuant or nasal, as [l, m, n, ŋ, r]. M20.

■ so'nantal adjective (a) syllabic; (b) rare that is or contains a sonant: L19.

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