sonant

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1. a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	phone, sound, speech sound,
definition	:	(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language (noun.communication)

derivation	:	sound, vocalise, vocalize, voice,
definition	:	utter with vibrating vocal chords (verb.communication)

derivation	:	soft, sonant, voiced,
definition	:	produced with vibration of the vocal cords (adj.all)

2. produced with vibration of the vocal cords (adj.all)

antonym	:	hard, surd, unvoiced, voiceless,
definition	:	produced without vibration of the vocal cords (adj.all)

derivation	:	sonant, voiced sound,
definition	:	a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords (noun.communication)

3. a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords (noun.communication)

derivation	:	sound, vocalise, vocalize, voice,
definition	:	utter with vibrating vocal chords (verb.communication)

derivation	:	soft, sonant, voiced,
definition	:	produced with vibration of the vocal cords (adj.all)

4. produced with vibration of the vocal cords (adj.all)

antonym	:	hard, surd, unvoiced, voiceless,
definition	:	produced without vibration of the vocal cords (adj.all)

derivation	:	sonant, voiced sound,
definition	:	a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords (noun.communication)