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spirants

spirants is the plural of spirant.

Meaning of spirant

Noun

spirant (plural spirants)

  1. (dated) A non-sibilant fricative.
    • Spirant consonants are those in which the mouth passage is simply narrowed without any actual contact.1888, Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer
    Synonyms:
    fricative

Questions about spirants

What is spirants the plural of?
Spirants is the plural of spirant.

Words near spirants in the dictionary

  1. spirantizations
  2. spirantize
  3. spirantized
  4. spirantizes
  5. spirantizing
  6. spirants
  7. spiraperturate
  8. spirapril
  9. spiraprilat
  10. spiraster
  11. spirasters

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