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spirant spirant definition

spirant


 
  Grep  of  noun  spirant 
  antiperspirant 
  aspirant 
  spirant 
  spiranthes 
  spiranthes  cernua 
  spiranthes  porrifolia 
  spiranthes  romanzoffiana 
  spiranthes  spiralis 
 
  Overview  of  noun  spirant 
 
  The  noun  spirant  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  fricative  consonant,  fricative,  spirant  --  (a  continuant  consonant  produced  by  breath  moving  against  a  narrowing  of  the  vocal  tract) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  spirant 
 
  The  adj  spirant  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  fricative,  sibilant,  spirant  --  (produced  by  forcing  air  through  a  constricted  passage  (as  `f'.  `s',  `z',  or  `th'  (in  both  `thin'  and  `then'))) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  spirant 
 
  1  sense  of  spirant 
 
  Sense  1 
  fricative,  sibilant,  spirant 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  soft)  ->  hard 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  spirant 
 
  1  sense  of  spirant 
 
  Sense  1 
  fricative,  sibilant,  spirant 
  =>  soft  (vs.  hard) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  spirant 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  spirant 
 
  spirant  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  spirant 
  aspirant 
  spirant 
 
  Overview  of  noun  spirant 
 
  The  noun  spirant  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  fricative  consonant,  fricative,  spirant  --  (a  continuant  consonant  produced  by  breath  moving  against  a  narrowing  of  the  vocal  tract) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  spirant 
 
  The  adj  spirant  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  fricative,  sibilant,  spirant  --  (produced  by  forcing  air  through  a  constricted  passage  (as  `f'.  `s',  `z',  or  `th'  (in  both  `thin'  and  `then'))) 



spirant definition