| 释义 |
Adjective: spirant spIrunt- Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then')
- fricative, continuant, sibilant, strident
Noun: spirant spIrunt- A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
- fricative consonant, fricative
Derived forms: spirants See also: soft Type of: continuant, continuant consonant Encyclopedia: Spirant |