resonant

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛzənənt/

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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.

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

resonant (plural resonants)

1. (phonetics) A sonorant vowel or consonant.

   Synonym: sonorant

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resonant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of resonō