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resonant

/ˈɹɛzənənt/ noun C2
  1. A sonorant vowel or consonant.
  2. Any of the Proto-Indo-European consonants *l, *m, *n, *r, *w (*u̯), and *y (*i̯) or its descendants in an Indo-European language, capable of syllabic pronunciation in the zero grade and represented by the cover symbol ⟨R⟩ in structural notation.

Plural resonants

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And then suddenly, in the very dead of the night, there came a sound to my ears, clear, resonant, and unmistakable.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 73 · C1

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