continuant n : consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract [syn: continuant consonant] [ant: stop consonant]

French

Verb

continuant

A continuant is a sound produced with an incomplete closure of the vocal tract. That is, any sound except a stop (plosive or nasal). An affricate is considered to be a complex segment, composed of both a stop and a continuant.

Source

• http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAContinuant.htm

See also

• list of phonetics topics
• sonorant
• obstruent
• schwa