Spirants [noun]
Definition of Spirants:
sound unit of speech
Synonyms of Spirants:
● Click
● Consonant
● Liquid
● Phone
● Sonant
● Affricate
● Diphthong
● Fricative
● Implosive
● Phonetic entity
● Phonetic unit
● Plosive
● Sibilant
● Syllable
● Vocable
Opposite/Antonyms of Spirants:
-
Sentence/Example of Spirants:
In twien b 210 from twiga the spirant has disappeared, as in monie b 168.
When the lips are not tightly closed the sound produced is not a stop, but a spirant like the English w.
Spirant, spī′rant, n. a consonant which is fricative or continuable—opp.
Spirant, v like the ou in French oui, but later approximating to the w heard in some parts of Germany, Ed.