As a noun fricative
is 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. English /f/ and /s/ are fricatives.
As an adjective fricative
is produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
As an adverb fricatively is
in a fricative way.
fricative
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(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. English /f/ and /s/ are fricatives.
Synonyms
* (archaic) spirant
Derived terms
* groove fricative
* lateral fricative
* slit fricative
Adjective
(
en adjective)
(phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
Derived terms
* fricativise, fricativize
* fricativisation, fricativization
See also
* affricate
* approximant
* lateral
* nasal
* plosive
* sibilant
External links
* (Fricative consonant)
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