SPIRANT


Meaning of SPIRANT in English

noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin ~-, spirans, present participle of spirare to breathe Date: 1862 a consonant (as \\f\\, \\s\\, \\sh\\) uttered with friction of the breath against some part of the oral passage ; fricative , ~ adjective

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