spirant in English

noun
1
a spirant consonant; a fricative.
The shifting of the voiced spirants and explosives did not extend over all the HG. dialects.
adjective
1
(of a consonant) uttered with a continuous expulsion of breath.
There are three types of mutations, the nasal mutation, the spirant mutation and lenition.
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1. 5 synonyms for Continuant: Continuant consonant, fricative, sibilant, spirant, strident

2. Phaenomena omnia con-spirant ad arguendum, hancce alteram vis attractivae partem (Attractionem molecularem) in distantiis vel minimis quas mensurare licet insensibilem esse, dum in distantiis insensibilibus partem priorem (quadrato distantiae reciproce proportionalem) longe superare possit.

3. Phaenomena omnia con-spirant ad Arguendum, hancce alteram vis attractivae partem (attractionem molecularem) in distantiis vel minimis quas mensurare licet insensibilem esse, dum in distantiis insensibilibus partem priorem (quadrato distantiae reciproce proportionalem) longe superare possit.

4. Continuant - of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') fricative , sibilant , spirant , strident soft - (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a …

5. Continuant: 1 adj of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') Synonyms: fricative , sibilant , spirant , strident 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