sonorant

Meanings

• Phoneme

  A sound produced by the vibration of the tongue or other organs in the mouth, especially a vowel or a liquid consonant.

  - "The word 'sonorant' itself contains several sonorant sounds: s, o, r, a, n, t."

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Antonyms

obstruent

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Synonyms

resonant

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with sonorant
sonant , canon , garrison , station

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Variants

List of all variants of sonorant that leads to same result
Sonora , Sonoran , Sonoran Desert

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

From Latin sonorantem, present participle of sonare ‘sound, make sound’.

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Trivia

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1. The English language has 14 sonorant consonants and 21 vowels.

2. The term 'sonorant' comes from the Latin word 'sonare', which means 'to sound'.

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Related Concepts

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1. Liquid consonant: Sonorants are also called liquids because they are produced by a flow of air through a partially or fully open vocal tract.

2. Vowel: Vowels are the most sonorant sounds in any language.

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How to Memorize "sonorant"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a sound wave moving through the air and vibrating your eardrum when you think of the word 'sonorant'. Visualize the tongue and other organs in the mouth producing sounds.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'sonorant' with 'sound' or 'vibrant'. Remember that sonorants are sounds that are produced with a vibrating part of the body.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by associating the word 'sonorant' with the phrase 'Sounds Originate Near Resonating Antennae'.

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