- 1. a. Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. Source: opted
- 2. n. A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged. Source: opted
- 3. adj. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’) Source: wordnet
- 4. n. consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract Source: wordnet
- 5. Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. -- n. A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged. Source: webster
- 6. Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound.-- n. Source: adambom
- 7. n consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract s of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') Source: ecdict
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