obstruent

English

Etymology

Latin obstruēns

Adjective

obstruent (comparative more obstruent, superlative most obstruent)

1. Causing obstruction; blocking up.

   Synonym: hindering

   an obstruent medicine

Related terms

• obstruency

Noun

obstruent (plural obstruents)

1. (phonetics) A consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway, causing turbulence; a plosive, fricative, or affricate.

   Hypernym: consonant

   Hyponyms: plosive, fricative, affricate

   Coordinate term: continuant

   Antonym: sonorant

2. (medicine) Anything that obstructs, especially in the passages of the body.

Translations

consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阻音 (zǔyīn)

• German: Obstruent (de) m; Geräuschlaut (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 阻害音 (そがいおん, sogaion)
• Russian: смы́чный (ru) m (smýčnyj) (звук)
• Swedish: obstruent c

Further reading

• obstruent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• buttoners, rebuttons

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French

Verb

obstruent

1. third-person plural present indicative of obstruer
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of obstruer

Anagrams

• butterons

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) obstruent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of obstruō