CONTINUANT

fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident

(adjective) of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

continuant (plural continuants)

(phonetics) A linguistic sound other than a stop.

Coordinate term: sonorant

(mathematics) A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix.

(ontology) An endurant.

Adjective

continuant (comparative more continuant, superlative most continuant)

Continuing; prolonged; sustained.

Source: Wiktionary

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Con*tin"u*ant, a.

Definition: Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound.

– n.

Definition: A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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