"spirant" meaning in Français

See spirant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \spi.ʁɑ̃\ Forms: spirants [plural, masculine], spirante [singular, feminine], spirantes [plural, feminine]
  1. Produit par un rapprochement modéré des organes phonateurs qui ne va pas jusqu’à produire le bruit caractéristique de friction des fricatives.
    Sense id: fr-spirant-fr-adj-GEf2HWsC Categories (other): Exemples en français, Lexique en français de la linguistique Topics: linguistic
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: spirante Translations: approximant (Anglais), spirant (Croate)

Inflected forms

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    "(Siècle à préciser) Reformation scientifique de l'adjectif sur la base du participe présent du verbe latin spirare (« souffler, respirer, exhaler »)."
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        "\\spi.ʁɑ̃\\"
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    },
    {
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          "text": "Un son spirant."
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        {
          "text": "Une consonne spirante, une spirante."
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        "Produit par un rapprochement modéré des organes phonateurs qui ne va pas jusqu’à produire le bruit caractéristique de friction des fricatives."
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      "word": "spirant"
    }
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  "word": "spirant"
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    "(Siècle à préciser) Reformation scientifique de l'adjectif sur la base du participe présent du verbe latin spirare (« souffler, respirer, exhaler »)."
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