English-Thai Dictionary
spirant
N เสียง เสียดแทรก siang-siad-seak
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SPIRANT
Spi "rant, n. Etym: [L. spirans, -antis, p. pr. of spirare to breathe. See Spirit. ] (Phon. )
Defn: 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, §§ 197 -2 8.
SPIRANTHY
Spi *ran "thy, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot. )
Defn: The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower.
New American Oxford Dictionary
spirant
spi rant |ˈspīrənt ˈspaɪrənt | ▶adjective Phonetics (of a consonant ) uttered with a continuous expulsion of breath. ▶noun such a consonant; a fricative. DERIVATIVES spi rant i za tion |ˌspīrəntəˈzāSHən |noun, spi rant ize |-ˌtīz |verb ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin spirant- ‘breathing, ’ from the verb spirare.
Oxford Dictionary
spirant
spirant |ˈspʌɪr (ə )nt |Phonetics ▶adjective (of a consonant ) uttered with a continuous expulsion of breath. ▶noun a spirant consonant; a fricative. DERIVATIVES spirantization noun, spirantize (also spirantise ) verb ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin spirant- ‘breathing ’, from the verb spirare.
Duden Dictionary
Spirant
Spi rant Substantiv, maskulin Sprachwissenschaft , der Spirans |Spir a nt ʃp … sp …|zu lateinisch spirans (Genitiv: spirantis ), 1. Partizip von: spirare, Spiritus durch Reibung der ausströmenden Atemluft an Lippen, Zähnen oder dem Gaumen gebildeter Laut; Reibelaut, Frikativ z. B. f, sch
spirantisch
spi ran tisch Adjektiv |spir a ntisch |die Spirans, den Spiranten betreffend
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