About The Word Spirant
Learn about the word Spirant to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Spirant definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Spirant
| Spirant Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Spirant?
[n] a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
[adj] produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f'. `s', `z', or `th' (in both `thin' and `then')) Synonyms | Synonyms for Spirant: fricative | fricative | fricative consonant | sibilant | soft Related Terms | Find terms related to Spirant: See Also | continuant | continuant consonant Spirant In Webster's Dictionary \Spi"rant\, n. [L. spirans, -antis, p. pr. of spirare to
breathe. See {Spirit}.] (Phon.)
A term used differently by different authorities; -- by some
as equivalent to fricative, -- that is, as including all the
continuous consonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the
further exception, by others, of the liquids r, l, and the
semivowels w, y; by others limited to f, v, th surd and
sonant, and the sound of German ch, -- thus excluding the
sibilants, as well as the nasals, liquids, and semivowels.
See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 197-208.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Titillating ‐ pleasantly and superficially exciting [adj] exciting by touching…
- Desex ‐ make infertile; of both males…
- Duke of argyll's tea tree ‐ deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple…
- Jacques offenbach ‐ French composer of many operettas and an opera…
- Order gymnophiona ‐ an order of amphibians including…
- Guallatiri ‐ the world's highest volcano; in the Andes in northern Chile;…
- Horse's foot ‐ the hoof…
- Localisation of function ‐ (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively…
- Bookmark ‐ a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages…
- Stephenson ‐ English railway pioneer who built the first passenger railway…