Spirant

Word SPIRANT
Character 7
Hyphenation spi rant
Pronunciations /ˈspaɪəɹənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Spirant"

What do we mean by spirant?

Fricative. adjective

A consonant uttered with perceptible blowing, or expulsion of breath; an alphabetic sound in the utterance of which the organs are brought near together but not wholly closed; a rustling, or fricative, or continuable consonant. noun

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, §§ 197-208. noun

A fricative. noun

A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract noun

Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') adjective

A fricative.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Spirant

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The word "spirant" in example sentences

If we posit a voiceless spirant value for Uralic *x by this stage anyway, over in PFP the closest equivalent would be śexćim. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If they do obtain their suit, which with such cost and solicitude they have sought, they are not so freed, their anxiety is anew to begin, for they are never satisfied, nihil aliud nisi imperium spirant, their thoughts, actions, endeavours are all for sovereignty and honour, like [1819] Lues Sforza that huffing Duke of ❋ Unknown (2007)

Where z occurs the sound intended is that of English z. gh in the Black Speech and Orcish represents a ‘back spirant’ (related to g as dh to d); as in ghâsh and agh. ❋ Tolkien, J. R. R. (1954)

In the rearrangement of the Angerthas the following principles are observable (evidently inspired by the Fëanorian system): (1) adding a stroke to a branch added ‘voice’; (2) reversing the certh indicated opening to a ‘spirant’; (3) placing the branch on both sides of the stem added voice and nasality. ❋ Tolkien, J. R. R. (1954)

For (archaic) Sindarin a sign for a spirant m (or nasal v) was required, and since this could best be provided by a reversal of the sign for m, the reversible No. 6 was given the value m, but No. 5 was given the value hw. ❋ Tolkien, J. R. R. (1954)

When the lips are not tightly closed the sound produced is not a stop, but a spirant like the ❋ Various (N/A)

In Late Latin there was a tendency to this spirant pronunciation which appears as early as the beginning of the 2nd century ❋ Various (N/A)

After Lat. i the v disappeared (rivus-um, Span. rio), but in most other cases it remained as a bilabial spirant euqal in balue to originally intervocalic b (novus-um, Span. nuevo). ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Between vowels b and g have usually been kept, the former as a bilabial spirant: in more popular treatment d has disappeared ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

E. down to the fifteenth century, the initial b remained the stop or explosive (like English b) that it was in Latin, it has become in more recent times a bilabial spirant and as such is now co-equal with the Spanish v, which early gained this value both initially and medially. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The d, too, initially, medially, and at the end of the word, has lost much of its explosive energy and become practically a spirant; in fact in the final position it is seldom heard in popular pronunciation. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Luna parens mensum numerosa prole renascens: tu biiugos stellante polos ab Sole gubernas, te redeunte dies fraternus colligit horas; 5 te pater Oceanus renouato respicit amne, te spirant terrae, tu uinclis Tartara cingis; tu sistro resonas, Brimo, tu cymbala quassas; ❋ Claudius (1912)

That the spirant J was in all cases pronounced as Y there is scarcely room for doubt. ❋ Charles Thomas Cruttwell (1879)

They possessed the spirant F which they expressed by [Symbol] and used the symbol [Symbol] to denote V or W. ❋ Charles Thomas Cruttwell (1879)

This has long been forgotten; but it is still said in Welsh, in North Wales, that a very rich man is a regular _clwch_, which is pronounced with the guttural spirant, which was then (in the 16th century) sounded in English, just as the English word _draught_ (of drink) is in Welsh _dracht_ pronounced nearly as if it were German. ' ❋ James Boswell (1767)

However, make sure to check the contents of the anti-per spirant as the presence of aluminum chloride is necessary to avoid this sweat condition. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He might help you with some prescription anti-per spirant which contains aluminum chloride hexahydrate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They with you, nullified you tips, spirant your damn erythrite, stillbirth you to meliorative new trail and flatboat. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Thus No. 11 was called harma when it represented the spirant ch in all positions, but when this sound became breath h initially (though remaining medially) the name aha was devised, áre was originally ázå, but when this z became merged with 21, the sign was in Quenya used for the very frequent ss of that language, and the name esse was given to it. hwesta sindarinwa or ‘Grey-elven hw’ was so called because in Quenya 12 had the sound of hw, and distinct signs for chw and hw were not required. ❋ Tolkien, J. R. R. (1954)

cernis ut adtrito diffusus caespite pagus15 annua uota ferat sollemnisque imbuat aras? spirant templa mero, resonant caua tympana palmis, ❋ Anonymous (1912)

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