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| con·tin·u·ant [ kən tínnyoo ənt ] (plural con·tin·u·ants) |
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continuous speech consonant: a speech consonant made with the vocal passage partly open for breath to pass through, thus enabling the sound to be prolonged at will, e.g. "l," "f," or "s."
See also stopn (sense 15)
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