spirant

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spirant, such as: affricate, click, consonant, diphthong, fricative, and implosive.

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When the lips are not tightly closed the sound produced is not a stop, but a spirant like the English w.

ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 3, PART 1, SLICE 1VARIOUS

Spirant, spī′rant, n. a consonant which is fricative or continuable—opp.

CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 4 OF 4: S-Z AND SUPPLEMENTS)VARIOUS

Spirant, v like the ou in French oui, but later approximating to the w heard in some parts of Germany, Ed.

ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 16, SLICE 3VARIOUS

In twien b 210 from twiga the spirant has disappeared, as in monie b 168.

SELECTIONS FROM EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH 1130-1250: PART II: NOTESVARIOUS

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