approximant
A consonant sound made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract, while still allowing a…A consonant sound made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract, while still allowing a smooth flow of air. Liquids and glides are approximants.
» A linguistics student swallowed her own tongue after attempting the legendary glottal approximant.
Eine Linguistikstudentin verschluckte ihre Zunge, nachdem sie sich an dem legendären glottalen Approximant versucht hatte.
Meaning
2 sensesA consonant sound made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract, while still allowing a smooth flow of air. Liquids and glides are approximants.
Approximant, Näherungslaut
An approximation to the solution of a function, series, etc.
Examples
3 sentencesA linguistics student swallowed her own tongue after attempting the legendary glottal approximant.
deEine Linguistikstudentin verschluckte ihre Zunge, nachdem sie sich an dem legendären glottalen Approximant versucht hatte.
The alveolar approximant is a sound that is very rare in languages worldwide, but exists in the English language.
In English, consonantal Y is a palatal approximant.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Latin approximāns. In the phonetics sense first used by Peter Ladefoged, the mathematFrom Latin approximāns. In the phonetics sense first used by Peter Ladefoged, the mathematical concept is attributed to Paul Halmos.
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Forms
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