Definition of Continuant

Adjective: continuant  kun'tin-yoo-unt

1. Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then')
   - fricative, sibilant, spirant, strident

1. Consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract
   - continuant consonant

See also:
continuances
continuants

Anagrams containing the word continuant

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