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sonant
sonant is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to sound; sounding. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 5 senses
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- 1adjective
Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
- 2adjective
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.
- 3noun
A sonant letter.
- 4noun
a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
- 5adjective
produced with vibration of the vocal cords
"a frequently voiced opinion"
"voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'"
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