spirant

7 letters · noun · scores 1,800 in SpellHuntr

noun

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

adjective

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

Spirant in a sentence

Spirant consonants are those in which the mouth passage is simply narrowed without any actual contact.

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