continuant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: continuant	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for continuant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
continuant adj of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') Synonym(s): fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident n consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract Synonym(s): continuant consonant, continuant Antonym(s): occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Continuant \Contin"uant\, a. Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. -- n. A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.