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continuant
CIDE DICTIONARY
continuant, a.
Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
continuant, n. & adj. Phonet.
--n. a speech sound in which the vocal tract is only partly closed, allowing the breath to pass through and the sound to be prolonged (as with f, r, s, v).
--adj. of or relating to such a sound.
--n. a speech sound in which the vocal tract is only partly closed, allowing the breath to pass through and the sound to be prolonged (as with f, r, s, v).
--adj. of or relating to such a sound.
Etymology
F continuant and L continuare (as CONTINUE)
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