English-Thai Dictionary
continuant
N เสียง พยัญชนะ ที่ ออกเสียง ยาว ต่อเนื่อง กัน siang-pa-yan-cha-na-ti-ook-siang-yao-tor-neang-kan
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CONTINUANT
CONTINUANT Con *tin "u *ant, a.
Defn: Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. -- n.
Defn: A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.
New American Oxford Dictionary
continuant
con tin u ant |kənˈtinyo͞oənt kənˈtɪnj (ʊ )ənt | ▶noun 1 Phonetics a consonant that is sounded with the vocal tract only partly closed, allowing the breath to pass through and the sound to be prolonged (as with f, l, m, n, r, s, v ). 2 Philosophy & Psychology a thing that retains its identity even though its states and relations may change. ▶adjective of, relating to, or denoting a continuant. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (as an adjective in the general sense ‘continuing ’): from French, from continuer, reinforced by Latin continuant- ‘continuing, ’ from the verb continuare, from continuus (see continuous ). Current senses date from the 19th cent.
Oxford Dictionary
continuant
con |tinu |ant |kənˈtɪnjʊənt | ▶noun 1 Phonetics a consonant which is sounded with the vocal tract only partly closed, allowing the breath to pass through and the sound to be prolonged (as with f, l, m, n, r, s, v ). 2 Philosophy & Psychology a thing that retains its identity even though its states and relations may change. ▶adjective relating to or denoting a continuant. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (as an adjective in the general sense ‘continuing ’): from French, from continuer, reinforced by Latin continuant- ‘continuing ’, from the verb continuare, from continuus (see continuous ). Current senses date from the 19th cent.