"obstruent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɒbstɹuːənt/ Forms: more obstruent [comparative], most obstruent [superlative]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin obstruēns, obstruentis. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|obstruēns|obstruēns, obstruentis}} Learned borrowing from Latin obstruēns, obstruentis Head templates: {{en-adj}} obstruent (comparative more obstruent, superlative most obstruent)
  1. Causing obstruction; blocking up. Synonyms: hindering Derived forms: deobstruent Related terms: obstruency
    Sense id: en-obstruent-en-adj-W4Jvy700 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 16 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 14 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 14 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 67 14 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 61 20 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 59 23 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 67 13 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 58 20 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 69 15 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 67 13 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 65 17 18

Noun

IPA: /ˈɒbstɹuːənt/ Forms: obstruents [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin obstruēns, obstruentis. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|obstruēns|obstruēns, obstruentis}} Learned borrowing from Latin obstruēns, obstruentis 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 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), obstruinte [feminine] (Portuguese), consoante obstruente [feminine] (Portuguese), смы́чный (smýčnyj) (alt: звук) [masculine] (Russian), obstruent [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-obstruent-en-noun-en:phonetics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences Disambiguation of 'consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway': 92 8
  2. (medicine) Anything that obstructs, especially in the passages of the body. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-obstruent-en-noun-PxlePkcd Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: final obstruent devoicing

Inflected forms

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