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Answer for the clue "Speech sound ", 7 letters:
spirant
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Word definitions for spirant in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
breathy consonant, 1862, from Latin spirantem (nominative spirans ) "breathing," present participle of spirare "to breathe, blow" (see spirit (n.)).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') [syn: fricative , sibilant ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context linguistics archaic English) A fricative.