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Definition of Obstruent
1. Noun. A consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth.
Specialized synonyms: Occlusive, Plosive, Plosive Consonant, Plosive Speech Sound, Stop, Stop Consonant, Continuant, Continuant Consonant, Affricate, Affricate Consonant, Affricative
Definition of Obstruent
1. a. Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent medicine.
2. n. Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that which obstructs natural passages in the body; as, a medicine which acts as an obstruent.
Definition of Obstruent
1. Noun. (phonetics) a consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway, causing turbulence; the generic term of plosive, fricative and affricate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Obstruent
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Obstruent
1. Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent medicine. Origin: L. Obstruens, p.pr. Of obstruere. See Obstruct. Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; especially, that which obstructs natural passages in the body; as, a medicine which acts as an obstruent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obstruent
Literary usage of Obstruent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"In these two rules the post-dentals c and s are a compromise in position between
the palatal y and the dentals t and 6; the obstruent t is represented by ..."
2. The Royal Phraseological English-French, French-English Dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1845)
"... faire dégorger les humeurs qui obstruent— guérir une obstruction. ... Bars of
sand are often obstructions to navigation, des amas de sable obstruent ..."
3. Monthly Journal of Medical Science (1851)
"Fourthly, That the de-obstruent function of the bronchial tubes may be impaired
by various causes acting on the ..."
4. A Reference Grammar of Classical Tamil Poetry by V. S. Rajam (1992)
"Note that rr (jiji) is treated here as "hard" or "obstruent" because r (jj) was
an "obstruent" in this period, not a "trill" as in modern Tamil, ..."
5. The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes by Isaac Watts (1813)
"III. A- condition has been usually called cauta sine qua non, or a cause without
which the effect is not produced. It is gene- If the «ord de-obstruent were ..."
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