Meaning

4 senses

  1. A linguistic sound other than a stop.

  2. A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix.

  3. An endurant.

  4. An inherited descendant.

More definitions
  • consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract

Forms

plural: continuants
Singularcontinuant
Pluralcontinuants

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract:continuant consonant

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
continentA2contingencycontinualB1continuallyB1continuationcontinueA2continuityC1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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