ADJECTIVE | all | sonant, voiced, soft | produced with vibration of the vocal cords |
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NOUN | communication | sonant, voiced sound | a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords |
Meaning | produced with vibration of the vocal cords. | |
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Example | "voiced consonants such as 'b' and 'g' and 'z'" | |
Synonyms | voiced, soft | |
Opposite | unvoiced, voiceless, surd, hard | produced without vibration of the vocal cords |
Spanish | sonoro | |
Nouns | sonant | a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords |
Meaning | A speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords. | |
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Synonym | voiced sound | |
Broader | phone, speech sound, sound | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language |
Spanish | sonora | |
Catalan | sonora | |
Adjectives | sonant | produced with vibration of the vocal cords |
Verbs | sound | utter with vibrating vocal chords |
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