On this page you'll find 1 example sentences with Continuant. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as fricative or obstruent and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Continuant meaning
- A linguistic sound other than a stop.
- A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix.
- An endurant.
Synonyms of Continuant
Using Continuant
- The main meaning on this page is: A linguistic sound other than a stop. | A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix. | An endurant.
- Useful related words include: fricative, obstruent, continuant consonant, continual.
Context around Continuant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 1 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Continuant
- In this selection, "continuant" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 32 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, voiced, voiceless and cannot stand out and add context to how "continuant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a voiced continuant cannot rhyme and a voiceless continuant. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "continuant" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with continuant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Thus 'b' and 'd' can rhyme (both being 'voiced plosives'), as can 'bh' and 'l' (which are both 'voiced continuants') but 'l', a 'voiced continuant', cannot rhyme with 'ph', a 'voiceless continuant'. (32 words)
Thus 'b' and 'd' can rhyme (both being 'voiced plosives'), as can 'bh' and 'l' (which are both 'voiced continuants') but 'l', a 'voiced continuant', cannot rhyme with 'ph', a 'voiceless continuant'. (32 words)
Example sentences (1)
Thus 'b' and 'd' can rhyme (both being 'voiced plosives'), as can 'bh' and 'l' (which are both 'voiced continuants') but 'l', a 'voiced continuant', cannot rhyme with 'ph', a 'voiceless continuant'.