Sō'nant, a.

[Lat. sonans, p. pr. of sonare, to sound.]

1. Pertaining to sound; sounding.
2. (Pron.) Uttered with intonated or resonant breath: made with sound, instead of breath alone; intonated; vocal; not surd;—said of certain articulations of alphabetic sounds, as the vowels, semivowels, and nasals, and of z, v, b, &c., compared with s, f, p, &c., which are surd or aspirate.