Sonant ::
Sonant (a.)
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..