continuant

noun con·tin·u·ant \-yü-ənt\

Definition of CONTINUANT

: something that continues or serves as a continuation

: a speech sound (as a fricative or vowel) that is produced without a complete closure of the breath passage — compare stop

— continuant adjective

1861

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