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FRICATIVE
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
Etymology
Noun
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
Adjective
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
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