"obstruent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɒbstɹuːənt/ Forms: more obstruent [comparative], most obstruent [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin obstruēns. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|obstruēns}} Borrowed from Latin obstruēns Head templates: {{en-adj}} obstruent (comparative more obstruent, superlative most obstruent)
  1. Causing obstruction; blocking up. Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: hindering Derived forms: deobstruent Related terms: obstruency
    Sense id: en-obstruent-en-adj-W4Jvy700 Disambiguation of Linguistics: 43 36 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 16 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 61 19 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 62 16 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 57 22 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 55 27 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 63 15 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 52 25 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 63 15 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 60 20 20

Noun

IPA: /ˈɒbstɹuːənt/ Forms: obstruents [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin obstruēns. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|obstruēns}} Borrowed from Latin obstruēns Head templates: {{en-noun}} obstruent (plural obstruents)
  1. (phonetics) A consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway, causing turbulence; a plosive, fricative, or affricate. Categories (topical): Phonetics, Linguistics Translations (consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway): 阻音 (zǔyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), Obstruent [masculine] (German), Geräuschlaut [masculine] (German), φρακτικό (fraktikó) [neuter] (Greek), obstruens (Hungarian), zörejhang (Hungarian), 阻害音 (sogaion) (alt: そがいおん) (Japanese), смы́чный (smýčnyj) (alt: звук) [masculine] (Russian), obstruent [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-obstruent-en-noun-en:phonetics Disambiguation of Linguistics: 43 36 21 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences Disambiguation of 'consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway': 93 7
  2. (medicine) Anything that obstructs, especially in the passages of the body. Categories (topical): Medicine, Linguistics
    Sense id: en-obstruent-en-noun-PxlePkcd Disambiguation of Linguistics: 43 36 21 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: final obstruent devoicing

Inflected forms

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