Home›Browse›S›sonantsonantOur editors are putting together more complete content — check back in about 20 minutessonantadjective · 1noun · 1sonant — adjectiveadjective1. relating to speech sounds produced with vocal cord vibration1.adjectiveDefinitionrelating to speech sounds produced with vocal cord vibrationExampleThe 'b' in 'bat' is a sonant sound.sonant — nounnoun1 sense1. a speech sound made with vibrating vocal cords1.nounDefinitiona speech sound made with vibrating vocal cordsExampleIn linguistics, sonants are contrasted with surds.