'Continuant' definitions:
Definition of 'continuant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') [syn: fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident]
noun
Consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract [syn: continuant consonant, continuant] [ant: occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant]
Definition of 'Continuant'
From: GCIDE
- Continuant \Con*tin"u*ant\, a. Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. -- n. A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Continuant'
- Continuable,
- Continual,
- Continually,
- Continuance,
- Continuate,
- Continuation,
- Continuative,
- Continuator,
- Continue,
- Continued,
- Continuedly,
- Continuer,
- Continuing,
- Continuities,
- Continuity,
- Continuous,
- Continuously,
- Continuousness,
- Continual proportionals,
- Continued bass,
- Continued fever,
- Continued fraction,
- Continued proportion,
- Continuous brake,
- Continuous impost,
- Law of continuity,
- Solution of continuity,
- continuant consonant,
- continuing education,
- continuing trespass,
- continuous current,
- continuous tense,
- good continuation,
- law of continuation,
- continuity army council,
- continuous creation theory,
- continuous receiver watch,
- continuity irish republican army