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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
spirant /ˈspʌɪr(ə)nt/ Phonetics

▶adjective (of a consonant) uttered with a continuous expulsion of breath. ▶noun a spirant consonant; a fricative.

– derivatives
spirantization (or spirantisation) noun.

– origin C19: from L. spirant-, spirare ‘breathe’.

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