fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident
(adjective) of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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: spirant (archaic)
Hyponyms: strident, sibilant
Coordinate terms: approximant, lateral, nasal, trill, plosive
fricative (comparative more fricative, superlative most fricative)
(phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
Source: Wiktionary
Fric"a*tive, a. Etym: [See Frication.] (Phon.)
Definition: Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; -- said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc.
– n.
Definition: A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 197-206, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
