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spirant n. 摩擦音 摩擦音 spirant adj 1: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage ( as ` f', ` s', ` z', or ` th' in both ` thin' and ` then') [ synonym: { fricative}, { continuant}, { sibilant}, { spirant}, { strident}] n 1: a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract [ synonym: { fricative consonant}, { fricative}, { 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. [ 1913 Webster]
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