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obstruent

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈɒbstɹuːənt/Part of speech nounSorted benorsttuStarts with OEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Latin obstruēns, obstruentis.

Used in a sentence

  • an obstruent medicine
  • Lehmann (1998:77) and Steever (1998: 14, 16) considered āytam an allophone of Tamil /y/ before obstruents, but there is no real evidence for this assumption.

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