spirant

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
• Syn:
fricative consonant, fricative
• Hypernyms:
continuant consonant, continuant
• Hyponyms:
sibilant, sibilant consonant

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

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fricative, continuant, sibilant, strident, fricative consonant