spirant
名词 spirant:
a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
同义词:fricative consonant, fricative
形容词 spirant:
of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
同义词:fricative, continuant, sibilant, strident