Hypertext Webster Gateway: "continuant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Continuant \Con*tin"u*ant\, a.
Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. --
n. A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
continuant
n : consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the
vocal tract [syn: {continuant consonant}] [ant: {stop
consonant}]
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