resonant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French résonnant or Latin resonāre (“to resound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛzənənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

resonant (comparative more resonant, superlative most resonant)

1. Resounding, echoing.

   From across the valley came the resonant sound of a distant church bell.

   strike a resonant note

2. (electrical, of a circuit) Adjusted as to dimensions so that currents or electric surgings are produced by the passage of electric waves of a given frequency.

Synonyms

• (resounding): booming, remugient; see also Thesaurus:sonorous

Derived terms

• microwave resonant cavity thruster

Translations

resounding, echoing

• Bulgarian: ехтящ (bg) (ehtjašt), резониращ (bg) (rezonirašt)
• Catalan: ressonant (ca)
• Greek: αντηχητικός (el) (antichitikós)
• Irish: athshondach, fuaimneach
• Spanish: resonante

Noun

resonant (plural resonants)

1. (phonetics) A sonorant vowel or consonant.

   Synonym: sonorant

Further reading

• sonorant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Verb

resonant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of resonō