fricative

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: frĭk'ətĭv, IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɪkətɪv/

Noun

Examples (English)
/f/ in fine /s/ in sip

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

   Hyponyms: strident, sibilant

   Coordinate terms: approximant, lateral, nasal, trill, plosive

   • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt

     Watt listened for a time, for the voice was far from unmelodious. The fricatives in particular were pleasing.

Derived terms

• dental fricative
• groove fricative
• lateral fricative
• slit fricative

Translations

consonant

• Arabic: اِحْتِكَاكِي‎ m (iḥtikākī), رَخْو‎ (raḵw), صَوْت اِحْتِكَاكِي‎ (ṣawt iḥtikākī), صَوْت رَخْو‎ (ṣawt raḵw)
• Armenian: շփական (hy) (špʿakan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 擦音 (zh) (cāyīn)

• Czech: frikativa f
• Danish: hæmmelyd c, frikativ c
• Dutch: fricatief (nl) m, wrijfklank (nl) m
• Finnish: frikatiivi (fi), hankausäänne (fi)
• French: fricative (fr) f
• Georgian: სპირანტი (sṗiranṭi), ფრიკატივი (priḳaṭivi), ნაპრალოვანი (naṗralovani)
• German: Frikativ (de) m, Reibelaut (de) m
• Hungarian: réshang, frikatíva
• Icelandic: önghljóð n

• Italian: fricativo (it) m
• Japanese: 摩擦音 (masatsuon)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: frikativ (no) m, spirant m

  Nynorsk: frikativ m, spirant m

• Portuguese: fricativa (pt) f
• Russian: фрикати́вный (ru) m (frikatívnyj), щелево́й (ru) m (ščelevój)
• Scottish Gaelic: suathach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фри̏катӣв m, стру̑јнӣк m, тјѐсначнӣк m (Ijekavian), тјѐсначнӣк m (Ekavian)

  Roman: frȉkatīv (sh) m, strȗjnīk (sh) m, tjèsnačnīk (sh) m (Ijekavian), tèsnačnīk m (Ekavian)

• Spanish: fricativa (es) f
• Swedish: frikativa (sv) c

Adjective

fricative (comparative more fricative, superlative most fricative)

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

Derived terms

• fricatively
• fricativeness
• fricativisation
• fricativise
• fricativization
• fricativize
• nonfricative
• prefricative

 

Related terms

• friction

Translations

produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity

• Arabic: رَخْو‎ (raḵw)
• Armenian: շփական (hy) (špʿakan)
• Catalan: fricatiu (ca)
• Danish: frikativ
• French: fricatif (fr)
• Georgian: ფრიკატიული (priḳaṭiuli), ნაპრალოვანი (naṗralovani)

• German: frikativ (de)
• Italian: fricativo (it)
• Polish: trący, szczelinowy (pl), frykatywny
• Portuguese: fricativo (pt)
• Russian: фрикати́вный (ru) (frikatívnyj), щелево́й (ru) (ščelevój)
• Scottish Gaelic: suathach
• Spanish: fricativo (es)

See also

• affricate
• approximant
• lateral
• nasal
• plosive
• sibilant

Further reading

• Fricative consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁi.ka.tiv/

• Audio

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Noun

fricative f (plural fricatives)

1. (phonetics) fricative

Adjective

fricative

1. feminine singular of fricatif

Further reading

• “fricative”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Adjective

fricative

1. feminine plural of fricativo

Noun

fricative f pl

1. plural of fricativa

Anagrams

• vetrifica