Origin of continuant
Middle English from Classical Latin continuans, present participle : see continuePhonet. a speech sound that can be prolonged as long as the breath lasts, with no significant change in the quality of the sound: continuants include fricatives (s, f, ?, etc.), nasals (m, n, ?), liquids (l, r), and vowelscontinuant
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continuant
noun
A consonant, such as (s), (z), (m), or (l), that can be prolonged as long as the breath lasts without a change in quality.
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Noun
(plural continuants)
- (phonetics) A linguistic sound other than a stop
- (mathematics) A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix.
Adjective
(comparative more continuant, superlative most continuant)
Origin
continue + -ant
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