continuant
Meaning of continuant
- a consonant which is sounded with the vocal tract only partly closed, allowing the breath to pass through and the sound to be prolonged (as with f, l, m, n, r, s, v ).
- a thing that retains its identity even though its states and relations may change.
adjective
relating to or denoting a continuant.
early 17th century (as an adjective in the general sense ‘continuing’): from French, from continuer, reinforced by Latin continuant- ‘continuing’, from the verb continuare, from continuus (see continuous). Current senses date from the 19th century.
Information about continuant
- The plural form of continuant is: continuants.
- Languages in which continuant is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of continuant
con-tin-u-ant
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- continuant is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
continuant synonyms
Meaning fricative:
fricative, sibilant, spirant, strident
Meaning constant:
Words that rhyme with continuant
evacuant, duant, intriguant, eluant, attenuant, insinuant, HemoQuant, Quant, SuperQuant, Truquant, aliquant, clinquant, colliquant, equant, piquant, propinquant, provoquant, quant, Bruant, menstruant, nontruant, tonitruant, truant, untruant, ensuant, issuant, nonpursuant, pursuant, suant, unissuant, unpursuant, estuant, fluctuant, mutuant, perpetuant, semifluctuant, tuant, unfluctuant