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res·o·nant
(rĕz′ə-nənt)adj.
1.
a. Strong and deep in tone; resounding: a resonant voice.
b. Having a lasting presence or effect; enduring: "Cranmer compiled the first Book of Common Prayer, writing some of the most resonant phrases in the English tongue" (Allen D. Boyer).
c. Strongly reminiscent; evocative: a monument that is resonant of the nation's past glory.
2. Producing or exhibiting resonance: resonant frequency excitation.
3. Resulting from or as if from resonance: resonant amplification.
n.
Linguistics A sonorant.
[Latin resonāns, resonant-, present participle of resonāre, to resound; see resound.]
res′o·nant·ly adv.
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resonant
(ˈrɛzənənt)adj
1. (of sound) resounding or re-echoing
2. producing or enhancing resonance, as by sympathetic vibration
3. characterized by resonance
ˈresonantly adv
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res•o•nant
(ˈrɛz ə nənt)adj.
1. resounding or echoing, as sounds.
2. deep and full of resonance: a resonant voice.
3. pertaining to resonance.
4. producing resonance; causing amplification or sustainment of sound.
5. made intensely significant, profound, or allusive: a land resonant with history.
6. pertaining to a system in a state of resonance.
n. 7. a speech sound produced without occlusion or audible friction, as a vowel or one of the voiced consonants or semivowels (m, n, ng, l, r, y, w) in English.
res′o•nant•ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | resonant - characterized by resonance; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder" reverberant - having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon" |
2. | resonant - serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics" |
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resonant
adjective
1. sonorous, full, clear, rich, ringing, booming, vibrant, full-bodied He responded with a resonant laugh.
2. echoing, filled, resounding, reverberating, reverberant a hall, resonant with the sound of violins
3. expressive, evocative, indicative, suggestive, demonstrative, allusive resonant of the style of traditional Irish music
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resonant
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Translations
رنّان، طَنّان
znělýzvučný
zengõ
hljómmikill; endurómandi
rezonansas
skanīgs
çınlayan
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
resonant
[ˈrɛzənənt] adj (= evocative) [memories, image, speech] → évocateur/trice
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
resonant
adj
sound → voll; voice → klangvoll; laugh → schallend; room → mit Resonanz; resonant with the sound of singing/a thousand voices → von Gesang/vom Klang von tausend Stimmen erfüllt
(fig) to be resonant of something → an etw (acc) → erinnern; to be resonant with tradition/history → reich an Tradition/Geschichte sein
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resonant
(ˈrezənənt) adjective (of sounds) loud; echoing; easily heard.
ˈresonance nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
resonant
a. resonante, que da un sonido vibrante a la percusión.
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