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 so·nant /ˈsonənt/
 (a.)有濁音的,濁音的濁音

 So·nant a.
 1. Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
 2. Phonetics 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. -- n. A sonant letter.
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 sonant
      adj : of speech sounds [syn: voiced] [ant: surd]
      n : a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
          [syn: voiced sound]