adj
Meaning 1
Continuing; prolonged; sustained.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a continuant sound
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
continuant
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noun
Meaning 2
A linguistic sound other than a stop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 3
A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
An endurant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: epistemology, human-sciences, ontology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
An inherited descendant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: etymology, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fricative, sibilant, spirant, strident
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: continuant consonant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: obstruent
Narrower terms: fricative consonant, fricative, spirant
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English continue Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English continuant From continue + -ant.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hungarian: folytonos — continuing, prolonged, sustained
- Hungarian: folyamatos — continuing, prolonged, sustained
- Greek: εξακολουθητικό (exakolouthitikó) — linguistics: a linguistic sound other than a stop
- Hungarian: folytonos mássalhangzó (folyamatos) — linguistics: a linguistic sound other than a stop