As a letter s
is the letter s with a.
As a noun fricative is
(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.
As an adjective fricative is
(phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
s
Translingual
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(
wikipedia s)
Letter
The nineteenth letter of the .
Symbol
(
wikipedia)
(
mul-symbol)
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
See also
(
Latn-script)
*
* (esh)
* (dze)
*
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Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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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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