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sonority
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so·nor·i·ty  (s-nôr-t, -nr-)
n. pl. so·nor·i·ties
1. The quality or state of being sonorous; resonance.
2. A sound.
3. Linguistics The degree to which a speech sound is like a vowel. Plosives have the least sonority and vowels have the most.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sonority - having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
plangency, reverberance, sonorousness, vibrancy, ringing, resonance
timbre, tone, quality, timber - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
Translations
sonority [səˈnɒrɪtɪ] N → sonoridad f
sonority
n → Klangfülle f
sonority [səˈnɒrɪtɪ] n (frm) → sonorità f inv
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