spirant

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• March 3. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  spirant — noun — english

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

• March 31. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  spirant — adjective — english

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