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Meaning of Sonority | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
səˈnɑɹɪti

Definitions

  1. The property of being sonorous.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Relative loudness (of a speech sound); degree of being sonorous.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية جهارة الصوت
Deutsch Sonorität
Suomi sointuvuus
日本語 聞こえ
Polski donośność
Svenska sonoritet
Українська дзвінкість

Examples

“Another quality that bothers me is Brendel's inconsistent sonority. The treble is hard and pingy; the midrange is weighed down with a booming bass.”
“It can be seen that vowels have the highest sonority of all phonemes in English, with low vowels being even more sonorous than high vowels.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

sonorization sonorophone sonorosity Sonorous sonorousity Sonorously

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