Phonetics【语音】
- (of a consonant) weakly articulated, especially denoting the less or least strongly articulated of two or more similar consonants. Voiced consonants are normally lenis.（辅音）发弱音的（尤指两个或更多辅音中发音较弱或最弱的, 浊辅音多为弱音）。FORTIS的反义词。
词源
early 20th cent.: from Latin， literally 'mild， gentle'.