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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract;
[syn: continuant consonant, continuant]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then');
[syn: fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Continuant \Con*tin"u*ant\, a.
   Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. --
   n. A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

continuant
    adj 1: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a
           constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both
           `thin' and `then') [syn: fricative, continuant,
           sibilant, spirant, strident]
    n 1: consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the
         vocal tract [syn: continuant consonant, continuant]
         [ant: occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive
         speech sound, stop, stop consonant]