sonant

Voiced, as a speech sound.

A voiced speech sound.

A syllabic consonant in Indo-European.

Pertaining to or having sound; sounding.

In pron., noting certain alphabetic sounds, as the vowels, semivowels, nasals, and voiced mutes and fricatives, the utterance of which includes the element of tone, or a vibration of the vocal chords, as a, l, n, b, z, v (the last three as opposed to p, s, f, which are similar utterances without tone); voiced, vocal, intonated (soft and flat are also sometimes used in the same sense).

In entomology, same as sonorific, 2.

In pron., a sonant letter.

Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.

Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; vocal; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; — said 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.

Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.