a. 有浊音的, 声音的

n. 浊音

Sonant \So"nant\, a. [L. sonans, -antis, p. pr. of sonare to
sound. See {Sound} a noise.]
1. Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.

2. (Phonetics) Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or
proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath
sound; intonated; voiced; vocal; tonic; the opposite of
{nonvocal}, or {surd}; -- said 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.
-- n. A sonant letter.