Spirant (Noun)
Meaning
A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The voiceless alveolar spirant is a common sound in many languages, including English.
- In phonetics, the term spirant is often used to describe the sound of the letter "s" in the word "bus".
- The voiceless bilabial spirant is a rare sound, but it can be found in some African languages.
- The voiced dental spirant is a distinctive feature of the Spanish language, particularly in the pronunciation of the letter "z".
- In the International Phonetic Alphabet, the symbol "s" is used to represent the voiceless alveolar spirant.