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contingentness |
continuable |
continual |
continually |
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continuant
| continuant consonant
| continuate
| continuation
| continuative
| continuator
continuant
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun continuant has 1 sense
- continuant(n = noun.communication) continuant consonant - consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract; Array is a kind of obstruent
has particulars: fricative, fricative consonant, spirant
Adjective continuant has 1 sense
- continuant(s = adj.all) fricative, sibilant, spirant, strident - of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then'); Array Derived form noun continuance3
CIDE DICTIONARY
continuant, a.
Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
continuant, n. & adj. Phonet.
--n. a speech sound in which the vocal tract is only partly closed, allowing the breath to pass through and the sound to be prolonged (as with f, r, s, v).
--adj. of or relating to such a sound.
--n. a speech sound in which the vocal tract is only partly closed, allowing the breath to pass through and the sound to be prolonged (as with f, r, s, v).
--adj. of or relating to such a sound.
Etymology
F continuant and L continuare (as CONTINUE)
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