obstruent

English

Etymology

Latin obstruens

Adjective

obstruent (comparative more obstruent, superlative most obstruent)

Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering.
an obstruent medicine

Noun

obstruent (plural obstruents)

(phonetics) A consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway, causing turbulence; a plosive, fricative, or affricate.
(medicine) Anything that obstructs, especially in the passages of the body.

Antonyms

(phonetics): sonorant

Translations

consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway

Chinese:
Mandarin: 阻音 (zǔyīn)
German: Obstruent (de) m; Geräuschlaut (de) m
Japanese: 阻害音 (そがいおん, sogaion)

Russian: смы́чный (ru) m (smýčnyj) (звук)
Swedish: obstruent c

Anagrams

buttoners, rebuttons

French

Verb

obstruent

third-person plural present indicative of obstruer
third-person plural present subjunctive of obstruer

Anagrams

butterons

Latin

Verb

obstruent

third-person plural future active indicative of obstruō

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