sonante
Portuguese, adjective/soˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
sonante is spelled S-O-N-A-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 113,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sonante is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “sonant, sounding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que produz som”.
What does sonante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinesonant, sounding
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que produz som
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sonante
- sonantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sonante?
- Brazil /soˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /suˈnɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sonante in Portuguese?
sonante appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).