sonorant

sonorant - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /səˈnɔːɹ(ə)nt/, /ˈsɒn(ə)ɹ(ə)nt/

Noun

sonorant (plural sonorants)

  1. (phonetics) A speech sound that is produced without turbulent airflow in the vocal tract; the generic term of vowel, approximant, nasal consonant, etc.

Translations

  • Armenian: ձայնորդ (hy) (jaynord)
  • German: Sonorant (de) m; Klanglaut m
  • Hungarian: zengőhang, szonoráns
  • Japanese: 共鳴音 (kyōmeion)
  • Polish: sonorant m, spółgłoska zwarto-otwarta m
  • Russian: соно́рный (ru) m (sonórnyj)
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