continuant

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract
• Syn:
continuant consonant
• Ant:
stop consonant (for: continuant consonant)
• Hypernyms:
obstruent
• Hyponyms:
fricative consonant, fricative, spirant

II - 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, sibilant, spirant, strident
• Similar to:
soft
• Derivationally related forms:
sibilant (for: sibilant), sibilate (for: sibilant), continuance

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fricative, sibilant, spirant, strident, continuant consonant
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive