continuants
Meaning of continuants
- a consonant which is sounded with the vocal tract only partly closed, allowing the breath to pass through and the sound to be prolonged (as with f, l, m, n, r, s, v ).
- a thing that retains its identity even though its states and relations may change.
early 17th century (as an adjective in the general sense ‘continuing’): from French, from continuer, reinforced by Latin continuant- ‘continuing’, from the verb continuare, from continuus (see continuous). Current senses date from the 19th century.
Information about continuants
- It is a name.
- The singular form of continuants is: continuant.
- Languages in which continuants is used:
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Hyphenation of continuants
con-tin-u-ants
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- continuants is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
Anagrams of continuants
Words that rhyme with continuants
ants, fainaants, Corybants, absorbants, bants, corybants, disturbants, perturbants, turbants, turribants, alicants, antidesiccants, applicants, cants, communicants, contraindicants, cosecants, decants, dedicants, descants, desiccants, detoxicants, discants, exsecants, fabricants, implicants, incants, indicants, intoxicants, locants, lubricants, medicants, mendicants, noncommunicants, nonintoxicants, predicants, provocants, recants, reciprocants, scants, secants, significants, supplicants, toxicants, urticants, vesicants, Ascendants, abradants, antioxidants, appendants