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Alveolar vs Fricatives - What's the difference?

alveolar | fricatives |

As nouns the difference between alveolar and fricatives

is that alveolar is (linguistics) an alveolar consonant while fricatives is .

As an adjective alveolar

is of or relating to an alveolus.

alveolar

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or relating to an alveolus.
  • (anatomy) Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets.
  • (anatomy) Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs.
  • (phonetics) Formed with the tongue touching or approaching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth.

    • Derived terms

    * alveolar bone * alveolar ridge

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) An alveolar consonant

    • Synonyms

    * (linguistics) gingival (obsolete) ----

    fricatives

    English

    Noun

    (head)
    • ----