Continuant (Adjective)
Meaning
Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then').
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The sound of the letter "s" is a continuant because it is produced by forcing air through a constricted passage in the mouth.
- In linguistics, the voiceless interdental fricative is classified as a continuant sound.
- The phonemes /s/ and /z/ are examples of continuant consonants in the English language.
- The hissing sound of the snake is similar to the continuant sound of the letter "s" in the word "snake".
- The linguist studied the continuant sounds of the language to better understand its phonology.