spirant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin spirans, present participle of spīrō (“I blow”). Compare inspire, expire, respiration, etc.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
spirant (plural spirants)
- (linguistics, dated) A fricative.
- 1888, Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer:
- Spirant consonants are those in which the mouth passage is simply narrowed without any actual contact.
- 1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E:
- The raising of the stem indicated the opening of the consonant to a ‘spirant’ […]
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
alt term for fricative
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
spirant (feminine spirante, masculine plural spirants, feminine plural spirantes)
Further reading[edit]
- “spirant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
spīrant
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French spirante.
Adjective[edit]
spirant m or n (feminine singular spirantă, masculine plural spiranți, feminine and neuter plural spirante)
- fricative consonant
Declension[edit]
Declension of spirant
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | spirant | spirantă | spiranți | spirante | ||
definite | spirantul | spiranta | spiranții | spirantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | spirant | spirante | spiranți | spirante | ||
definite | spirantului | spirantei | spiranților | spirantelor |
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