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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonsonorant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
non-sono-rant
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A speech sound that is not a sonorant

Etymology

From non- + sonorant.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

nonsonorants (plural)

Questions

What does nonsonorant mean?
A speech sound that is not a sonorant
Where does nonsonorant come from?
From non- + sonorant.

How to pronounce nonsonorant

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