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obstruent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɒbstɹuːənt/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin obstruēns, obstruentis.

Meanings

  1. Causing obstruction; blocking up.
    • an obstruent medicine

Forms

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most obstruent Degree=Sup lexicographic
more obstruent Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

deobstruent · unobstruent

Relateds

obstruency

Synonyms

hindering

obstruent en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɒbstɹuːənt/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin obstruēns, obstruentis.

Meanings

  1. A consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway, causing turbulence; a plosive, fricative, or affricate.
    • Lehmann (1998:77) and Steever (1998: 14, 16) considered āytam an allophone of Tamil /y/ before obstruents, but there is no real evidence for this assumption. 2003, Bhadiraju Krishnamurti, The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN:
  2. Anything that obstructs, especially in the passages of the body.

Forms

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obstruents Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

sonorant

Coordinates

continuant

Deriveds

final obstruent devoicing

Hypernyms

consonant

Translations (13)

pt obstruinte (consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway) · vi âm ồn (consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway) · sl nezvočnik (consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway) · cmn 阻音 (consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway) · ru смы́чный (consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway) · sv obstruent (consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway) · hu zörejhang (consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway) · pt consoante obstruente (consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway) · de Geräuschlaut (consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway) · ja 阻害音 (consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway) · hu obstruens (consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway) · el φρακτικό (consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway) · de Obstruent (consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway)