continuant

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract
adjective of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')

From continue + -ant.

Footnote 441: “Præcentor, Laulaja ... adjungit sibi alium socium sive adjutorem, Puoltaja sive Saistaja dictum.” Footnote 442: “Quod facile jam ex sensu ipso, atque metri lege, reliquum pedem conjectando definire licet.” Footnote 443: “Rarissimi stantes canunt; et si contingit aliquando, ut musarum quodam afflatu moti stantes carmen ordiantur, mox tamen, conjunctis dextris sessum eunt, et ritu solito cantandi continuant operam.” They observe the rules of the game. — The Beginnings of Poetry, Francis Barton Gummere

continuant consonant

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