Word: spirants
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: spi
rants
Definition: Plural of spirant; of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
Morphemes:
Affix: spirant
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A fricative; a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
Etymology Compounds: Affix: spirans
Language: la
Decoded: spirans
PoS: Participle
Meaning: breathing
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.