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Webster 1913 Edition
Fricative
Fric′a-tive
,Adj.
[See
Frication
.] (Phon.)
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.
– Noun.
A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 197-206, etc.
Definition 2024
fricative
fricative
English
Noun
fricative (plural fricatives)
- (phonetics) 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.
Synonyms
- (archaic) spirant
Derived terms
- groove fricative
- lateral fricative
- slit fricative
Translations
consonant
Adjective
fricative (comparative more fricative, superlative most fricative)
- (phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
Translations
produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity
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Derived terms
- fricativise, fricativize
- fricativisation, fricativization