obstruent

English

Etymology

Latin obstruēns

Adjective

obstruent (comparative more obstruent, superlative most obstruent)

  1. Causing obstruction; blocking up.
    Synonym: hindering
    an obstruent medicine

Noun

obstruent (plural obstruents)

  1. (phonetics) A consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway, causing turbulence; a plosive, fricative, or affricate.
    Hypernym: consonant
    Hyponyms: plosive, fricative, affricate
    Coordinate term: continuant
    Antonym: sonorant
  2. (medicine) Anything that obstructs, especially in the passages of the body.

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French

Verb

obstruent

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

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Latin

Verb

obstruent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of obstruō
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