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Meaning of "spirant" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPIRANT

From Latin spīrāns breathing, from spīrāre to breathe.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SPIRANT

spirant  [ˈspaɪrənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPIRANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spirant can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SPIRANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fricative consonant

Fricatives are consonants produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together. These may be the lower lip against the upper teeth, in the case of; the back of the tongue against the soft palate, in the case of German, the final consonant of Bach; or the side of the tongue against the molars, in the case of Welsh, appearing twice in the name Llanelli. This turbulent airflow is called frication. A particular subset of fricatives are the sibilants. When forming a sibilant, one still is forcing air through a narrow channel, but in addition the tongue is curled lengthwise to direct the air over the edge of the teeth. English, , , and are examples of this. Two other terms are spirant and strident, but their usage is less standardized. The former can be used synonymously with "fricative", or to refer to non-sibilant fricatives only. The latter can be used synonymously with "sibilant", but some authors include also labiodental and/or uvular fricatives in the class.

Definition of spirant in the English dictionary

The definition of spirant in the dictionary is a fricative consonant.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPIRANT


antitranspirant
ˌæntɪˈtrænspɪrənt
apparent
əˈpærənt
aspirant
ˈæspɪrənt
BitTorrent
ˈbɪtˌtɒrənt
coherent
kəʊˈhɪərənt
concurrent
kənˈkʌrənt
conspirant
kənˈspaɪrənt
current
ˈkʌrənt
different
ˈdɪfərənt
durant
ˈdjʊərənt
gyrant
ˈdʒaɪrənt
immigrant
ˈɪmɪɡrənt
inherent
ɪnˈhɪərənt
parent
ˈpɛərənt
torrent
ˈtɒrənt
transparent
trænsˈpærənt
tyrant
ˈtaɪrənt
vibrant
ˈvaɪbrənt
virent
ˈvaɪrənt
warrant
ˈwɒrənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPIRANT

spiracula
spiracular
spiraculate
spiraea
spiral
spiral binding
spiral galaxy
spiral notebook
spiral of Archimedes
spiral staircase
spiraliform
spiralism
spiralist
spirality
spiralled
spiralling
spirally
spiraster
spirated
spiration

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPIRANT

antiperspirant
au courant
brant
courant
deodorant
entrant
expirant
five-star restaurant
fragrant
grant
hydrant
illegal immigrant
Indian restaurant
migrant
quadrant
rant
registrant
restaurant
retirant
tolerant

Synonyms and antonyms of spirant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spirant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPIRANT

Find out the translation of spirant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spirant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spirant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

摩擦音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

spirant
570 millions of speakers

English

spirant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

व्यंजन का उच्चारण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

spirant
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спирант
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

spirant
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ত্তষ্ঠ্য ব্যন্জনবর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spirante
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spirantik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

spirant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

spirant
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

spirant
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spirant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

theo hình trôn ốc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spirant
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उत्साही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nefes sürtünmesi ile çıkan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spirante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spirant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спірант
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spirant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

spirant
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spirant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spirant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spirant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spirant

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPIRANT»

The term «spirant» is normally little used and occupies the 122.979 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPIRANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spirant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spirant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spirant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPIRANT»

Discover the use of spirant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spirant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Source Book for Linguistics: Third revised edition
... voiceless bilabial spirant voiceless labio-dental spirant voiceless interdental spirant voiceless alveolar spirant voiceless prepalatal spirant voiceless palatal spirant voiceless velar spirant voiceless uvular spirant voiceless pharyngeal spirant ...
William Cowan, Jaromira Raku_an, 1999
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Handbook of Biblical Hebrew
1 2.422 The phonetic development of a stop into a spirant is called spirantiza- tion. The spirant allophonic forms of the phonemes /b g d k p t/ are spiranlized consonants. §12.43 The exact phonetic nature of the emulator s /s/ is unknown.
William S. LaSor, 1989
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Phonology: Analysis and Theory
spirant does, indeed, only appear after back vowels, the palatal one is less restricted as it is also found after consonants [2 la], and at the beginning of a word no matter what vowel follows or whether the next segment is a vowel or a consonant ...
Edmund Gussmann, 2002
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A Grammar of Biblical Aramaic
Dead Sea Egypt 5th cent. B.C. Scrolls Transliteration (Qumran) 1st cent. Name Approximate Pronunciation B.C. to 1st cent.A.D. N H H 'alep glottal stop 3 b, b bet b, spirant b (bilabial v) 1 A A g, g gimel g, spirant g 1 1 d, d dalet d, spirant d (like  ...
Franz Rosenthal, 2006
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The Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible
A spirant is a letter whose sound can be prolonged. Some examples of this from the English language are the v, z, f, and sh. A stop is a letter whose sound ends abruptly such as the b, p, d and t. A few of the Hebrew letters will have a different  ...
Jeff A. Benner, 2005
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Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia 1899-1902
is nearly always employed to represent the corresponding voiced spirant = Icel. 6 , Engl. {/1 in I/zcre. Phonetically the spirant [/1 is related to the >>explosive>> t in precisely the same manner as the spirant d/z is related to the explosive 0'.
Sven Anders Hedin, Erik Wilhelm Dahlgren, Axel Lagrelius, 1905
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I. Verner's Law in Gothic. II. The Reduplicating Verbs in ...
2. Verner's Law in the Ablauting Verbs. As we find these verbs in Gothic, they are much influenced by leveling. Without leveling there would be “grammatical change” as follows: (1) In imperfect-presents the surd spirant would occur in the pres.
Francis Asbury Wood, 1895
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Essays in Honor of Charles F. Hockett
Table I. Initials Voiceless Voiced Plain: Aspirated: Nasal: Lateral: spirant: spirant: ization is shown in Table 2 by a superscript [w] written at the beginning of a final. The unaspirated stop and affricate initials are actually lenis but are written here ...
Charles F.: Festschrift Hockett, Frederick Browning Agard, 1983
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Germanic Studies
As we find these verbs in Gothic, they are much influenced by leveling. Without leveling there would be "grammatical change" as follows: (1) In imperfect- presents the surd spirant would occur in the pres. and in the sing. perf., the sonant spirant ...
University of Chicago, 1894
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Common School Spelling Book
The words in this couplet may be analyzed phonetically as follows: The: th, spirant digraph (voiced) ; e long. wild: w, spirant, (voiced); i, long; I, liquid; d, stop, (voiced). bee: b, stop, (voiced) ; e long, doubled to show length. reels: r, liquid; e, long ...
Frances Boardman Squire Potter, 1913

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPIRANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spirant is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Look At APC Aspirants For Lugard House
Alhaji Adinoyi Ojo. This is another spirant whose track record in public life is remarkable. He is media guru of international acclaim, as well as a university don. «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»
2
Volley-ball / Narbonne : Tranchot arrive d'Avignon, Trèfle hésite
A spirant cette saison à Avignon, le jeune central Gaël Tranchot, 21 ans, s'est engagé pour deux saisons. Pour José Trèfle, en revanche, qui a une proposition ... «Midi Libre, May 15»
3
TableauSoftware (DATA) Earnings Report: Q1 2015 Conference …
In Q1, we welcomed new customers such as Omni Hotels, Natura Cosmeticos, Core Digital Media, Xedi, Spirant Communications, and MyWebGrocer. And we ... «TheStreet.com, May 15»
4
It can't fetch coffee, but little robot helps kids learn
... a product manager for telecommunications testing company Spirant Communication Pvt. Ltd., says he and his partners just haven't had the time to focus on it. «The Globe and Mail, Jan 15»
5
Nowy naczelnik wydziału prewencji
Obowiązki na tym stanowisku od dzisiaj spirant sztabowy Andrzej Szczęśniak. Nowy naczelnik do policji wstąpił w 1997 roku. W bieżącym roku ukończył ... «Chorzowianin, Oct 14»
6
Porzuciła dziecko w szpitalu: Mamo, dlaczego mnie porzuciłaś?
Możemy tylko cieszyć się, że sprawa nie skończyła się w tragiczny sposób – mówi starszy spirant Brygida Zimoch z Komendy Powiatowej Policji w Tucholi. «fakt.pl, Sep 14»
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約1万6000人ものご応募,ありがとうございました。「2014年 夏の特大 …
愛媛県 華子 さん東京都 ETT30LO さん奈良県 gonzu さん 【31】「スリムバッテリー2600mA」 愛知県 spirant さん鳥取県 ユキヤ さん三重県 Ritz さん 【32】「UNDER NIGHT ... «4Gamer.net, Sep 14»
8
Ferns move to star billing in home garden renewal (Video and Photos)
We matched a taller rock on one side of the garden with some skinny, tall Deer ferns (Blechnum spirant). And on the other side, we grouped Hart's Tongue ferns ... «The Oregonian, Jul 14»
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Rychtářův "POSKOK" Standa řádil! Vyhrožoval reportérovi ŠÍPU a …
Těžko soudit, zda se aspirant na zápis do Guinnessovy knihy rekordů za výřečnost Standa inspiroval u Josefa. Ten včera rovněž zaútočil na novináře, když ho ... «denik.cz, Jul 14»
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Atleta do BTT Loulé/BPI convocado para representar a Seleção …
Também estão convocados os sub-23 Gonçalo Amado (Rádio Popular) e Joana Monteiro (ASC/Focus Team) e os juniores Ana Rita Inácio (Spirant/Ginásio ... «Sul Informacao, Apr 14»

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