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spirant means: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’)

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈspaɪəɹənt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted ainprstStarts with SEnds with T0 clues

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of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’)

From Latin spirans, present participle of spīrō (“to blow”). Compare inspire, expire, respiration, etc.

“Spirant consonants are those in which the mouth passage is simply narrowed without any actual contact.”
“The raising of the stem indicated the opening of the consonant to a ‘spirant’ […]”

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