spirant

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English

Etymology

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

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Noun

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spirant (plural spirants)

  1. (linguistics, dated) A non-sibilant fricative.
    • 1888, Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer:
      Spirant consonants are those in which the mouth passage is simply narrowed without any actual contact.
    • 1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E:
      The raising of the stem indicated the opening of the consonant to a ‘spirant’ […]

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French

Adjective

spirant (feminine spirante, masculine plural spirants, feminine plural spirantes)

  1. approximant

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Latin

Verb

spīrant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of spīrō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French spirante.

Adjective

spirant m or n (feminine singular spirantă, masculine plural spiranți, feminine and neuter plural spirante)

  1. fricative consonant

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite spirant spirantă spiranți spirante
definite spirantul spiranta spiranții spirantele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite spirant spirante spiranți spirante
definite spirantului spirantei spiranților spirantelor
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