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

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  • (UK, US) enPR: frĭk'ətĭv, IPA(key): /ˈfɹɪkətɪv/
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fricative (plural fricatives)

  1. (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.

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fricative (comparative more fricative, superlative most fricative)

  1. (phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.

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Substantive feminine of fricatif.

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fricative f (plural fricatives)

  1. (phonetics) fricative

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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fricative

  1. feminine singular of fricatif

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  • IPA(key): /fri.kaˈti.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ive
  • Hyphenation: fri‧ca‧tì‧ve

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fricative

  1. feminine plural of fricativo

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fricative f pl

  1. plural of fricativa

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