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Meaning of "spirant" in the French dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPIRANT IN FRENCH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPIRANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
article
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 FRENCH?

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Definition of spirant in the French dictionary

The definition of spirant in the dictionary is constrictive consonant articulated by means of a narrowing of the expiratory channel quite unimportant so that the air flows without the frictional noise that characterizes the production of fricatives.

La définition de spirant dans le dictionnaire est consonne constrictive articulée au moyen d'un rétrécissement du chenal expiratoire assez peu important de sorte que l'air s'écoule sans le bruit de friction qui caractérise la production des fricatives.


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FRENCH WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPIRANT


admirant
admirant
aspirant
aspirant
attirant
attirant
chavirant
chavirant
conspirant
conspirant
courant
courant
durant
durant
déchirant
déchirant
délirant
délirant
dévoirant
dévoirant
expirant
expirant
foirant
foirant
girant
girant
inspirant
inspirant
restaurant
restaurant
soupirant
soupirant
tirant
tirant
transpirant
transpirant
warrant
warrant
éclairant
éclairant

FRENCH WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPIRANT

spiracle
spiral
spirale
spira
spiralement
spiraler
spiraliforme
spiraloïde
spirante
spiration
spire
spirée
spirifère
spiriforme
spirille
spirillose
spirirostre
spirite
spiritisme
spiritiste

FRENCH WORDS THAT END LIKE SPIRANT

aberrant
bar-restaurant
carburant
considérant
couvrant
entrant
errant
figurant
flagrant
fragrant
garant
rant
hydrant
ignorant
intégrant
migrant
offrant
ouvrant
quadrant
vibrant

Synonyms and antonyms of spirant in the French dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SPIRANT» IN FRENCH

The following French words have a similar or identical meaning as «spirant» and belong to the same grammatical category.
French synonyms of spirant

Translation of «spirant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPIRANT

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

Translator French - Chinese

摩擦音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator French - Spanish

espirante
570 millions of speakers

Translator French - English

spirant
510 millions of speakers

Translator French - Hindi

व्यंजन का उच्चारण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator French - Arabic

احتكاكي
280 millions of speakers

Translator French - Russian

спирант
278 millions of speakers

Translator French - Portuguese

consoante contínua
270 millions of speakers

Translator French - Bengali

ত্তষ্ঠ্য ব্যন্জনবর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

French

spirant
220 millions of speakers

Translator French - Malay

bunyi geseran
190 millions of speakers

Translator French - German

spirant
180 millions of speakers

Translator French - Japanese

spirant
130 millions of speakers

Translator French - Korean

마찰음
85 millions of speakers

Translator French - Javanese

spirant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator French - Vietnamese

theo hình trôn ốc
80 millions of speakers

Translator French - Tamil

spirant
75 millions of speakers

Translator French - Marathi

spirant
75 millions of speakers

Translator French - Turkish

nefes sürtünmesi ile çıkan
70 millions of speakers

Translator French - Italian

spirante
65 millions of speakers

Translator French - Polish

spirant
50 millions of speakers

Translator French - Ukrainian

спіранти
40 millions of speakers

Translator French - Romanian

fricativ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator French - Greek

συριστικό σύμφωνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator French - Afrikaans

spirant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator French - Swedish

spirant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator French - Norwegian

spirant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spirant

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPIRANT»

The term «spirant» is regularly used and occupies the 31.744 position in our list of most widely used terms in the French 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 French between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 FRENCH 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 French literature.
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L'aka, langue bantoue des Pygmées de Mongoumba ...
... dits traits pertinents : p bilabial sourd oral non-spirant b bilabial sonore oral non-spirant mb bilabial semi-nasa l non-spirant m bilabial nasal non-spirant v bilabial epirant t alvéolaire sourd oral non-spirant d alvéolaire sonore oral non- spirant ...
France Cloarec-Heiss, Jacqueline M. C. Thomas, 1978
2
Contes kabyles: deux contes du cycle de l'ogre
r emphat. Apical alvéolaire à batt. sonore erra g « le poison » s s sifflante sourde asaru « tresse » 5 s emphatique sadi « ressembler à » t t spirant interdental tamacahu( « conte » t t emphatique a(an « la maladie » t t occlusif tasa « le foie »  ...
Youcef Allioui, 2001
3
Les Premieres Polemiques Thomistes: Reprobationes Dictorum a ...
supposita, ut ostensum est, sed id quod est ratio spirandi cum hic 10 fit una virtus spirativa, est simpliciter vera quod plures spirant, eo quod actus respicit supposita que sunt plura. Sed simpliciter est falsa <in> eo quod plures spirant, eo quod ...
D'ORFORD ROBERT, 1967
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Les Premieres Polemiques Thomistes II Le Correctorium ...
Quod opponunt articulo 121, dicentes quod hoc quod f rater Thomas dicit (a) , scilicet quod Pater et Filius non spirant Spiritum Sanctum 1 unica spiratione virtute unius naturae, est erroneum quia sic Spiritus Sanctus spiraret seipsum, cum ...
GLORIEUX, 1956
5
Bonstettiana
Speculatus litora Tarchon Quo vada non spirant, nec fracta remurmurat unda Sed mare inoffensum crescenti allabitur xsm, Advertit subito proras, sociosque precatur; Nunc, o! lecta manus validis incumbite ramis, Tollite, ferte rates, inimicum ...
Doris Walser-Wilhelm, Peter Walser-Wilhelm, Anja Höfler, 1996
6
Commentaire: Le Yacna
• modo potuistis sine me vivere ? » Illi dixerunt : □ quemadmodum caeci visu «( licet) non videntes, spirant (tamen) halitu, loquuntur voce, audiunt au- • ditu , intelligunt mente , procréant semine , ita viximus. » Intravit ( locum suum) visus. 10.
7
Commentaire sur le Yaçna, l'un des livres religieux des ...
modo potuistis sine me vivereP- Illi dixerunt: c quemadmodum cæci visu - (licet)) non videntes, spirant (tamen) halitu, loquuntur voce, audiunt au-ditu, intelligunt mente, procreant semine, ita viximus. - Intravit (locum suum) visus. 1o. Auditus ...
‎1833
8
Origine de tous les cultes ou Religion universelle par ...
A fric us flat turbulentus. Prid. Aquilo flat. ld. Canicula exoritur. Etesia? invalescunt. 17- Orion exoritur et violentus flat Aquilo. 16. AEstatis dimidium et dies Aqui- lonis flatu algentior. i5. Favonius et interdum Auster spirant; Canis o. itur matutipô ...
Charles-François Dupuis, 1794
9
Commentaire sur le Yaçna, l'un des livres religieux des ...
n modo potuistis sine me viverei'» Illi dixerunt: - quemadmodum cæci visu à(licet) non videntes, spirant (tamen) halitu, loquuntur voce, audiunt au- ditu, intelligunt mente, procreant semine, ita viximus. n Intravit (locum suum) visus. 10. Auditns ...
Eugène Burnouf, 1833
10
Initiation à l'écriture de la langue berbère
Larbi Rabdi. Alphabet Remarque A l'examen de cet alphabet, nous remarquons qu'il ne. Caractère latin Caractère tifinagh Valeur et prononciation Exemple a • a agafa b Ф b : spirant / occlusif abrid, tibbib с e ch tilmect г tch meicadfel d л/v d ...
Larbi Rabdi, 2001

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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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 ... «Midi Libre, May 15»

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