fricative
English
editEtymology
editFrom New Latin fricativus, from Latin fricāre, present active infinitive of fricō (“I rub”).
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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
- 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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Adjective
editfricative (comparative more fricative, superlative most fricative)
- (phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
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editproduced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity
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See also
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edit- Fricative consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editSubstantive feminine of fricatif.
Noun
editfricative f (plural fricatives)
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
editfricative
Further reading
edit- “fricative”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
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editfricative
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editfricative f pl
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