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  1. spirant:
    The word spirant exists in our database, but we currently do not have a translation from English to German.
    • Synonyms for "spirant":
      fricative; continuant; sibilant; strident; soft
      fricative consonant; fricative; continuant consonant; continuant


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Detailed Translations for spirant from English to German

spirant:


Translation Matrix for spirant:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- fricative; fricative consonant
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- continuant; fricative; sibilant; strident

Synonyms for "spirant":

  • fricative; continuant; sibilant; strident; soft
  • fricative consonant; fricative; continuant consonant; continuant

Related Definitions for "spirant":

  1. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')1
  2. a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract1