fricative
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fricative
- /ˈfɹɪkətɪv/ UK
- /ˈfɹɪkətɪv/ Australia, Canada, US
- [ˈfɹɪkəɾɪv] Australia, Canada, US
- /ˈfɾɪkətɪv/ South Asia
- /fɾɪˈkeʈɪv/ South Asia
Where it comes from
From New Latin fricatīvus, from Latin fricāre (“to rub”). By surface analysis, fricate + -ive.
noun fricatives
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Any of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant.
Watt listened for a time, for the voice was far from unmelodious. The fricatives in particular were pleasing.
Similar: spirant
adjective more fricative · most fricative
- produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
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noun consonant
| Español | fricativa |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 마찰음 machareum |
| 日本語 | 摩擦音 masatsuon |
| 中文 | 擦音 cāyīn |
| Português | fricativa |
| Français | fricative |
| Deutsch | Frikativ, Reibelaut |
| Italiano | fricativo |
| Русский | фрикати́вный frikatívnyj, щелево́й ščelevój |
| العربية | اِحْتِكَاكِي iḥtikākī, رَخْو raḵw, صَوْت اِحْتِكَاكِي ṣawt iḥtikākī, صَوْت رَخْو ṣawt raḵw |
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title = {fricative},
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