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ingressive (ɪnˈɡrɛsɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or concerning ingress |
| 2. | (of a speech sound) pronounced with an inhalation rather than exhalation of breath |
| —n | |
| 3. | an ingressive speech sound, such as a Zulu click |
| in'gressiveness | |
| —n | |
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Ingressive
is always a great word to know.
So is sonant. Does it mean:
| to pronounce with prominent loudness |
| a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable |
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