obstruent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obstruēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒbstɹuːənt/

Adjective

obstruent (comparative more obstruent, superlative most obstruent)

1. Causing obstruction; blocking up.

   Synonym: hindering

   an obstruent medicine

Derived terms

• deobstruent

Related terms

• obstruency

Noun

obstruent (plural obstruents)

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

   Antonym: sonorant

   Hypernym: consonant

   Hyponyms: plosive, fricative, affricate

   Coordinate term: continuant

   • 2003, Bhadiraju Krishnamurti, The Dravidian Languages‎^[1], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN:

     Lehmann (1998:77) and Steever (1998: 14, 16) considered āytam an allophone of Tamil /y/ before obstruents, but there is no real evidence for this assumption.

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

Derived terms

• final obstruent devoicing

Translations

consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阻音 (zǔyīn)

• German: Obstruent (de) m; Geräuschlaut (de) m
• Greek: φρακτικό n (fraktikó)
• Hungarian: obstruens, zörejhang
• 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

French

Verb

obstruent

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

Anagrams

• butterons

Latin

Verb

obstruent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of obstruō