sonority

IPA: sʌnˈɔrʌti

noun

  • The property of being sonorous.
  • (linguistics, phonetics) Relative loudness (of a speech sound); degree of being sonorous.
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Examples of "sonority" in Sentences

  • The sonority of sound is loud.
  • Composition is all about sonority.
  • Also, this scale is not the sonority hierarchy.
  • In the sonority hierarchy, all sounds higher than fricatives are sonorants.

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