SPIRANT


Meaning of SPIRANT in English

[spi.rant] n [ISV, fr. L spirant-, spirans, prp. of spirare to breathe] (1862): a consonant (as /f/, /s/, /sh/) uttered with friction of the breath against some part of the oral passage: fricative -- spirant adj

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