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English noun: continuant consonant

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


Synonymscontinuant


Broader (hypernym)obstruent


Narrower (hyponym)fricative, fricative consonant, spirant


Antonymsocclusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop consonant, stop









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