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Detailed Synonyms for spirant in Englisch

spirant:

spirant Adjektiv

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

spirant [the ~] Nomen

  1. the spirant
    – a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract 1
    the fricative consonant; the spirant; the fricative
    – a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract 1

Alternate Synonyms for "spirant":


Verwandte Definitionen für "spirant":

  1. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')1
  2. a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract1