different between plosive vs approximant

English

Etymology

Clipping of explosive.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pl??s?v/, /?pl??z?v/
• (US) enPR: pl?'s?v, pl?'z?v, IPA^(key): /?plo?s?v/, /?plo?z?v/

Noun

plosive (plural plosives)

1. (phonetics) Sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.

   Synonyms: stop, occlusive

   Hypernyms: consonant, obstruent

Related terms

• plosion

Translations

Adjective

plosive (comparative more plosive, superlative most plosive)

1. (phonetics) Produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.

Derived terms

• plosively
• plosiveness

French

Noun

plosive f (plural plosives)

1. plosive

Adjective

plosive

1. feminine singular of plosif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

plosive

1. inflection of plosiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

English

Etymology

From Latin approxim?ns. In the phonetics sense first used by Peter Ladefoged, the mathematical concept is attributed to Paul Halmos.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??p??ks?m?nt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p??ks?m?nt/

Noun

approximant (plural approximants)

1. (phonetics) A consonant sound made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract, while still allowing a smooth flow of air. Liquids and glides are approximants.

   Coordinate terms: fricative, lateral, nasal, trill, plosive

   Hyponyms: liquid, glide, semivowel

2. (mathematics) An approximation to the solution of a function, series, etc.

   Coordinate terms: approximand, approximate, approximation

Translations

See also

• consonant

Further reading

• approximant consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

French

Pronunciation

Verb

approximant

1. present participle of approximer

Latin

Verb

approximant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of approxim?