fricative
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
New Latin fricativus, from Latin fricāre, present active infinitive of fricō (“I rub”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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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
- Hyponyms: strident, sibilant
- Coordinate terms: approximant, lateral, nasal, trill, plosive
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, Olympia Press:
- Watt listened for a time, for the voice was far from unmelodious. The fricatives in particular were pleasing.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
consonant
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AdjectiveEdit
fricative (comparative more fricative, superlative most fricative)
- (phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
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TranslationsEdit
produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity
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See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- Fricative consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Substantive feminine of fricatif.
NounEdit
fricative f (plural fricatives)
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
AdjectiveEdit
fricative
Further readingEdit
- “fricative”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fricative
NounEdit
fricative f pl