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n. - A speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords adj. - Produced with vibration of the vocal cords.

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  • In verses marked 's' the last sonant is shorter than the average of the preceding sonants.
  • Then I asked about a vowel and they said, "sonant" and then tried "unconsonant".
  • Tot linguæ, totidem ora sonant, tot subrigit aures.
  • (For a thing is white, fragrant, sonant, sweet, hot, cold in virtue of a power of acting on sense).
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