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continuant

DEFINITIONS OF: 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 `sh')

n consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract

Synonyms:
continuant consonant
Antonyms:
occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
Types:
fricative, fricative consonant, spirant
a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
sibilant, sibilant consonant
a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
Type of:
obstruent
a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth
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