Как по Английски будет continuant

noun

A thing that retains its identity even though its states and relations may change.

Примеры использования:

Self-consciousness arises with the identification of other visuo-tactual continuants as resembling …

adjective

A consonant which is sounded with the vocal tract only partly closed, allowing the breath to pass through and the sound to be prolonged (as with f, l, m, n, r, s, v ).