A linguistics student swallowed her own tongue after attempting the legendary glottal approximant.
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Approximant
//əˈpɹɑksəmənt//
Synonyms for "approximant" (1 found)
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1 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 12 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ձայնորդ noun (consonant made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 近音 noun (consonant made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract)
Finnish
1 entries- approksimantti noun (consonant made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract)
French
2 entries- approximante noun (consonant made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract)
- spirante noun (consonant made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract)
German
2 entries- Approximant noun (consonant made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract)
- Näherungslaut noun (consonant made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract)
Hungarian
2 entries- approximáns noun (consonant made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract)
- közelítőhang noun (consonant made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract)
Icelandic
2 entries- nálgunarhljóð noun (consonant made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract)
- nándarhljóð noun (consonant made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract)
Persian
1 entries- ناسوده noun (consonant made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract)
Polish
1 entries- aproksymant noun (consonant made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract)
Portuguese
1 entries- aproximante noun (consonant made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract)
Swedish
1 entries- approximant noun (consonant made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract)
Welsh
1 entries- dynesolyn noun (consonant made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract)
Sample sentences
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The alveolar approximant is a sound that is very rare in languages worldwide, but exists in the English language.
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In English, consonantal Y is a palatal approximant.
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