Definition of Spirant. Meaning of Spirant. Synonyms of Spirant

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Definition of Spirant

Spirant
Spirant Spi"rant, n. [L. spirans, -antis, p. pr. of spirare to breathe. See Spirit.] (Phon.) A term used differently by different authorities; -- by some as equivalent to fricative, -- that is, as including all the continuous consonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the further exception, by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels w, y; by others limited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound of German ch, -- thus excluding the sibilants, as well as the nasals, liquids, and semivowels. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 197-208.

Meaning of Spirant from wikipedia

- examples of sibilants. The usage of two other terms is less standardized: "Spirant" is an older term for fricatives used by some American and European phoneticians...
- and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. The Germanic spirant law, or Primärberührung, is a specific historical instance in linguistics...
- historical linguistics, the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law (also called the Anglo-Frisian or North Sea Germanic nasal spirant law) is a description of a phonological...
- a third category of "spirant approximant", contrasting both with semivowel approximants and with fricatives. Though the spirant approximant is more constricted...
- The dental fricative or interdental fricative is a fricative consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue against the teeth. There are several types...
- This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For...
- Proto-Germanic itself, and in various Germanic subfamilies and languages. Germanic spirant law Grimm's law Holtzmann's law Sievers' law Verner's law Kluge's law Germanic...
- Turned L was used by William Pryce to designate the Welsh voiced lateral spirant [ɬ] The lower case is also used in the Romic alphabet. In Unicode, these...
- Old English and Old Saxon is as follows: The so-called Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law: converted *munþ "mouth" into *mų̄þ (compare Old English mūþ). Loss...
- Sibilants (from Latin: sībilāns : 'hissing') are fricative consonants of higher amplitude and pitch, made by directing a stream of air with the tongue...