- fricative consonant
- nouna continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract• Hypernyms: ↑continuant consonant, ↑continuant• Hyponyms: ↑sibilant, ↑sibilant consonant
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Fricative consonant — Fricatives are consonants produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together. These may be the lower lip against the upper teeth, in the case of IPA| [f] ; the back of the tongue against the soft… … Wikipedia
fricative Phonetics — [ frɪkətɪv] adjective denoting a type of consonant (e.g. f and th) made by the friction of breath in a narrow opening. noun a fricative consonant. Origin C19: from mod. L. fricativus, from L. fricare to rub … English new terms dictionary
Fricative — Fric a*tive, a. [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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fricative — [frik′ə tiv] adj. [< L fricatus, pp. of fricare (see FRIABLE) + IVE] Phonet. articulated by means of breath forced through a narrow slit formed at some point in the mouth, producing friction, as in (f, v, th, z, h) n. a fricative consonant … English World dictionary
Consonant mutation — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis … Wikipedia
fricative — /frik euh tiv/, Phonet. adj. 1. (of a speech sound) characterized by audible friction produced by forcing the breath through a constricted or partially obstructed passage in the vocal tract; spirantal; spirant. n. 2. Also called spirant. a… … Universalium
fricative — 1. noun 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. Syn: spirant 2 … Wiktionary
fricative — /ˈfrɪkətɪv/ (say frikuhtiv) adjective 1. (of consonants) characterised by a noise produced by air being forced through an opening, as in f, v, s, etc. –noun 2. a fricative consonant. {New Latin fricātīvus, from Latin fricāre rub} –frication… …
Consonant — Not to be confused with the musical concept of consonance For the alternative rock group, see Consonant (band). Places of articulation Labial Bilabial Labial–velar Labial–coronal Labiodental … Wikipedia
Consonant harmony — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis … Wikipedia
