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Showing words for SPIRANT using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Spirant

spirant, spraint

6 Letter Words for Spirant

instar, intrap, paints, pansit, partis, patins, patrin, pintas, prints, ptisan, rapist, santir, saprin, spinar, spiran, sprain, sprint, strain, tapirs, trains, transp

5 Letter Words for Spirant

airns, airts, antis, arist, astir, atrip, inapt, instr, intra, naris, nipas, pains, paint, pairs, pairt, pants, paris, parsi, parti, parts, patin, pians, pinas, pinta, pints, pirns, pitas, prats, print, rains, raits, rants, riant, saint, sanit, sapin, sapir, sapit, sarin, sarip, satin, sitar, snirt, spain, spair, spait, spart, spina, spira, sprat, sprit, stain, stair, starn, stipa, stirp, strap, stria, strip, tains, tairn, tapir, tapis, tarin, tarns, tarps, tarsi, tiars, tisar, train, trans, traps, trias, trina, trins, trips

4 Letter Words for Spirant

ains, aint, airn, airs, airt, aits, anis, ansi, anti, ants, apis, apts, aris, arni, arts, asin, astr, atip, atis, insp, inst, inta, intr, iran, isnt, itas, nais, naps, nasi, nast, natr, nats, nipa, nips, nist, nits, pain, pair, pais, pans, pant, pari, pars, part, pasi, past, pats, pian, pias, pina, pins, pint, pirn, pirs, pisa, pist, pita, pits, prat, prin, psia, rain, rais, rait, rant, raps, rapt, rasp, rast, rats, rias, rins, ripa, rips, ript, risp, rist, rita, rits, sain, saip, sair, sant, sari, sart, sati, sian, sina, sita, snap, snar, snip, snit, span, spar, spat, spin, spit, stap, star, stir, stra, tain, tais, tans, taps, tari, tarn, tarp, tars, tiar, tins, tips, trap, trin, trip, trna, tsia

3 Letter Words for Spirant

ain, air, ais, ait, ans, ant, apr, apt, arn, ars, art, asp, ast, atp, ins, int, ipr, ips, ira, irs, isn, ist, ita, its, nap, nar, nas, nat, nip, nis, nit, pan, par, pas, pat, pia, pin, pir, pis, pit, prn, prs, psi, pst, pta, pts, rai, ran, rap, ras, rat, ria, rin, rip, rit, rna, rps, rpt, rti, sai, san, sap, sar, sat, sin, sip, sir, sit, spa, spt, sri, sta, str, tai, tan, tap, tar, tas, tin, tip, tis, tpi, tps, tra, tri, trp, trs, tsi, tsp

Definitions for Spirant

[1] fricative(def 2) .
[2] Also spi·ran·tal [spahy-ran -tl] /spaɪˈræn tl/ . fricative.
[3] phonetics another word for fricative
[4] a fricative consonant

Words related to Spirant

click, consonant, liquid, phone, sonant, affricate, diphthong, fricative, implosive, plosive, sibilant, syllable, vocable

Words nearby Spirant

spiral valve, spiral vein of modiolus, spiral-bound, spiralize, spiralizer, spirant, spirantize, spire, spirea, spired, spirelet

Origin of Spirant

1865–70; < Latin spīrant- (stem of spīrāns, present participle of spīrāre to breathe); see spirit, -ant

Word origin for Spirant

C19: from Latin spīrāns breathing, from spīrāre to breathe

Synonyms for Spirant

affricate, click, consonant, diphthong, fricative, implosive, liquid, phone, phonetic entity, phonetic unit, plosive, sibilant, sonant, syllable, vocable