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CONTINUANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does continuant mean? 

CONTINUANT (noun)
  The noun CONTINUANT has 1 sense:

1. consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tractplay

  Familiarity information: CONTINUANT used as a noun is very rare.


CONTINUANT (adjective)
  The adjective CONTINUANT has 1 sense:

1. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then')play

  Familiarity information: CONTINUANT used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONTINUANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

continuant; continuant consonant

Hypernyms ("continuant" is a kind of...):

obstruent (a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "continuant"):

fricative; fricative consonant; spirant (a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract)


CONTINUANT (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then')

Synonyms:

continuant; fricative; sibilant; spirant; strident

Similar:

soft ((of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as 's' and 'sh'))

Derivation:

continuance (the property of enduring or continuing in time)


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