sonorant

English

Noun

sonorant (plural sonorants)

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

Antonyms

obstruent

Translations

speech sound

German: Sonorant (de) m; Klanglaut m
Japanese: 共鳴音 (kyōmeion)

Russian: соно́рный (ru) m (sonórnyj)

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