sonority (n.)

1620s, from French sonorité and directly from Latin sonoritas "fullness of sound," from sonorus (see sonorous).

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1610s, from Latin sonorus "resounding," from sonor "sound, noise," from sonare "to sound, make a noise" (from PIE root *swen- "to sound"). Related: Sonorously; sonorousness. Earlier was sonouse (c. 1500), from Medieval Latin sonosus; sonourse "having a pleasing voice" (c. 1400), from sonor + -y (2).

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Definitions of sonority from WordNet

sonority (n.)

having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant;

Synonyms: plangency / resonance / reverberance / ringing / sonorousness / vibrancy

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