fricative

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produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity
Any of several sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant. English F and S are fricatives
A consonant type As the sound is pronounced, friction is produced; hence fricative
Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc
A fricative consonant letter or sound
of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 197-206, etc
{s} (Phonetics) made by forcing air through a narrow space (about a speech sound)
{i} consonant whose sound is made by forcing air through a narrow space (Phonetics)
a sound, such as /f/ or /z/, made by forcing your breath through a narrow opening between your lips and teeth, or your tongue and teeth (fricativus, from fricare; FRICTION)
f v ps bz pS s z S Z x Ä
A consonant produced when the air released by an articulator passes through a narrow passage with audible friction e g , [f], [s], [þ], [ð], etc
a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
fricative consonant
a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
groove fricative
A hissing sound such as the 's' or 'sh' in 'sash' or 'surge'

Groove fricatives all have more or less of an -like quality, and are for this reason sometimes called sibilants.

A fricative
spirant
fricatives
plural of fricative
fricative

    Hyphenation

    fri·ca·tive

    Synonyms

    spirant

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () New Latin fricativus, from Classical Latin fricāre, present active infinitive of fricō (“I rub”).
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