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Obstruent

//ˈɒbstɹuːənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing obstruction; blocking up.

    "an obstruent medicine"

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

    "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."

  2. 2
    a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth wordnet
  3. 3
    Anything that obstructs, especially in the passages of the body.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin obstruēns, obstruentis.

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin obstruēns, obstruentis.

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