NOUN
- a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
ADJECTIVE
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produced with vibration of the vocal cords
voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'
a frequently voiced opinion
How To Use sonant In A Sentence
- After blending consonants and vowels, syllables are blended into words and words are used in meaningful sentences.
- The present study investigated how children spell words that contain silent consonants as their final letter.
- The prototypical noun may be (though need not be) quite long, stress will fall early in the word, the stressed vowel will be non-front, and the final consonant (if an obstruent) will be voiceless.
- Palatalized and plain consonants do not contrast in words with non-pharyngeal vowels.
- Like Gideon, her mother only existed in scraps of moments, in colors and sound, all disconnected and dissonant.
- Italian is rich in broad open vowels and liquid consonants.
- A slight aspirate preceding and modifying the sibilant, which is, however, the stronger of the two consonants; _e.g. hsing_ = _hissing_ without the first _i_, Myths and Legends of China
- Because the learner has become competent with the short vowels, consonants, and consonant blends, he or she can now concentrate on mastering the long-vowel spelling forms.
- Throne of God, by tens, by hundreds, by thousands, the harmonious and multisonant salutation of all the Voices. The Captive
- Other rules would account for glide insertion and consonant sharing.