continuant

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A linguistic sound other than a stop.
2. noun A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix.
3. noun An endurant.
4. noun An inherited descendant.
5. adjective Continuing; prolonged; sustained.

   a continuant sound

Similar words

continuant consonant fricative frictionless consonant sonant segment subphoneme nonconsonant media consonant stem

Often followed by

is and consonants sounds consonant persons in or of

Word family

continuants