sonorous – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
sonorous
adj.
resonant, producing a full rich sound
Sonority hierarchy
A
sonority hierarchy or
sonority scale is a ranking of
speech sounds (or
phones) by amplitude. For example, if one says the
vowel [a], he or she will produce a much louder sound than if one says the
stop [t]. Sonority hierarchies are especially important when analyzing
syllable structure; rules about what
segments may appear in
onsets or
codas together, such as
SSP, are formulated in terms of the difference of their sonority values. Some languages also have
assimilation rules based on sonority hierarchy, for example, the Finnish
potential mood, in which a less sonorous segment changes to copy a more sonorous adjacent segment (e.g.
-tne- → -nne-).
sonorous
Adjective
1. full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
(synonym) heavy
(similar) full
Sonorous
(a.)
Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous.
(a.)
Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi.
(a.)
Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice.
(a.)
Impressive in sound; high-sounding.
(a.)
Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
sonorous
Synonyms and related words:
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Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
