sonority
English
/səˈnɑɹɪti/, /səˈnɑɹəti/
noun
Definitions
- The property of being sonorous.
- (linguistics) Relative loudness (of a speech sound); degree of being sonorous.
Etymology
Suffix from English sonorous derived from French sonorité derived from Latin sonoritas.
Origin
Latin
sonoritas
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- insonorous English
- nonsonorous English
- sonorant English
- sonorous English
- sonorously English
- sonorousness English
- unsonorous English
- sonoritas Latin
- sonorus Latin
- sonōrus Latin
- sonorité French