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Definition of sonant
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Sonant
(n.) A
sonant
letter.
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Dissonant
::
Dissonant
(a.)
Sounding
harshly;
discordant;
unharmonious.
Altisonous
::
Altisonous
(a.)
Altisonant.
Consonant
::
Consonant
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
consonants;
made up of, or
containing
many,
consonants..
U
::
U () the
twenty-first
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is a
cursive
form of the
letter
V, with which it was
formerly
used
interchangeably,
both
letters
being then used both as
vowels
and
consonants.
U and V are now,
however,
differentiated,
U being used only as a vowel or
semivowel,
and V only as a
consonant.
The true
primary
vowel sound of U, in
Anglo-Saxon,
was the sound which it still
retains
in most of the
languages
of
Europe,
that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood,
answering
t
Trill
::
Trill (n.) A
sound,
of
consonantal
character,
made with a rapid
succession
of
partial
or
entire
intermissions,
by the
vibration
of some one part of the
organs
in the mouth --
tongue,
uvula,
epiglottis,
or lip --
against
another
part; as, the r is a trill in most
languages..
Sharp
::
Sharp
(superl.)
Uttered
in a
whisper,
or with the
breath
alone,
without
voice,
as
certain
consonants,
such as p, k, t, f; surd;
nonvocal;
aspirated..
M
::
M () M, the
thirteenth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is a vocal
consonant,
and from the
manner
of its
formation,
is
called
the
labio-nasal
consonant.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
//
178-180,
242..
Tilde
::
Tilde (n.) The
accentual
mark
placed
over n, and
sometimes
over l, in
Spanish
words
[thus,
?, /],
indicating
that, in
pronunciation,
the sound of the
following
vowel is to be
preceded
by that of the
initial,
or
consonantal,
y..
Unaccountable
::
Unaccountable
(a.) Not to be
accounted
for;
inexplicable;
not
consonant
with
reason
or rule;
strange;
mysterious.
Resolution
::
Resolution
(n.) The
passing
of a
dissonant
into a
consonant
chord by the
rising
or
falling
of the note which makes the
discord.
Glide
::
Glide (n.) A
transitional
sound in
speech
which is
produced
by the
changing
of the mouth
organs
from one
definite
position
to
another,
and with
gradual
change
in the most
frequent
cases;
as in
passing
from the
begining
to the end of a
regular
diphthong,
or from vowel to
consonant
or
consonant
to vowel in a
syllable,
or from one
component
to the other of a
double
or
diphthongal
consonant
(see Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and
others),
the
vanish
(or brief final
element)
Natural
::
Natural
(a.)
Conformed
to the
order,
laws, or
actual
facts,
of
nature;
consonant
to the
methods
of
nature;
according
to the
stated
course
of
things,
or in
accordance
with the laws which
govern
events,
feelings,
etc.; not
exceptional
or
violent;
legitimate;
normal;
regular;
as, the
natural
consequence
of
crime;
a
natural
death..
Phonautograph
::
Phonautograph
(n.) An
instrument
by means of which a sound can be made to
produce
a
visible
trace or
record
of
itself.
It
consists
essentially
of a
resonant
vessel,
usually
of
paraboloidal
form,
closed
at one end by a
flexible
membrane.
A
stylus
attached
to some point of the
membrane
records
the
movements
of the
latter,
as it
vibrates,
upon a
moving
cylinder
or
plate..
F
::
F () F is the sixth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
and a
nonvocal
consonant.
Its form and sound are from the
Latin.
The Latin
borrowed
the form from the Greek
digamma
/, which
probably
had the value of
English
w
consonant.
The form and value of Greek
letter
came from the
Phoenician,
the
ultimate
source
being
probably
Egyptian.
Etymologically
f is most
closely
related
to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr.
pe`nte;
E. wolf, L.
lupus,
Gr.
ly`kos;
E. fox, vixen ;
fragile,
break;
fruit,
brook,
v. t.;
Harmonical
::
Harmonical
(a.)
Concordant;
musical;
consonant;
as,
harmonic
sounds..
Ragged
::
Ragged
(n.)
Hence,
harsh and
disagreeable
to the ear;
dissonant..
Sonorous
::
Sonorous
(a.)
Sonant;
vibrant;
hence,
of
sounds
produced
in a
cavity,
deep-toned;
as,
sonorous
rhonchi..
Sonant
::
Sonant
(a.)
Uttered,
as an
element
of
speech,
with tone or
proper
vocal
sound,
as
distinguished
from mere
breath
sound;
intonated;
voiced;
tonic;
the
opposite
of
nonvocal,
or surd; -- sid of the
vowels,
semivowels,
liquids,
and
nasals,
and
particularly
of the
consonants
b, d, g hard, v, etc., as
compared
with their
cognates
p, t, k, f, etc., which are
called
nonvocal,
surd, or
aspirate..
Nasal
::
Nasal (a.)
Having
a
quality
imparted
by means of the nose; and
specifically,
made by
lowering
the soft
palate,
in some cases with
closure
of the oral
passage,
the voice thus
issuing
(wholly
or
partially)
through
the nose, as in the
consonants
m, n, ng (see Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 20, 208);
characterized
by
resonance
in the nasal
passage;
as, a nasal
vowel;
a nasal
utterance..
Uncertain
::
Uncertain
(a.)
Irresolute;
inconsonant;
variable;
untrustworthy;
as, an
uncertain
person;
an
uncertain
breeze..
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