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Sonorous

I love that sound.

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Tammy Marshall
Oct 18, 2021
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sonorous — used to describe something that gives off a resonant sound

sonoro/sonora — the same meaning as above, but these are the Spanish cognates showing the masculine and feminine singular versions

I’m actually going to discuss the root of “sonorous.” That root word is “son-” and I’m writing it that way to not confuse it with the word “son” which means…

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