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.