sonant

so·nant  (snnt)

adj.

Voiced, as a speech sound.

n.

1. A voiced speech sound.

2. A syllabic consonant in Indo-European.

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[Latin sonns, sonant-, present participle of sonre, to sound; see swen- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sonant - a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords voiced sound speech sound, phone, sound - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
Adj.	1.	sonant - produced with vibration of the vocal cords; "a frequently voiced opinion"; "voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'"; voiced, soft