fricative
English edit
Etymology edit
New Latin fricativus, from Latin fricāre, present active infinitive of fricō (“I rub”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Examples (English) |
---|
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.
- Synonym: (archaic) spirant
- Hypernym: obstruent
- Hyponyms: strident, sibilant
- Coordinate terms: approximant, lateral, nasal, trill, plosive
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
- Watt listened for a time, for the voice was far from unmelodious. The fricatives in particular were pleasing.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
consonant
|
Adjective edit
fricative (comparative more fricative, superlative most fricative)
- (phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity
|
See also edit
Further reading edit
- Fricative consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Substantive feminine of fricatif.
Noun edit
fricative f (plural fricatives)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
fricative
Further reading edit
- “fricative”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fricative
Noun edit
fricative f pl