CONTINUANT CONSONANT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract

Synonyms:

continuant; continuant consonant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("continuant consonant" is a kind of...):

obstruent (a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "continuant consonant"):

fricative; fricative consonant; spirant (a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract)

Antonym:

stop consonant (a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it)