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| English Dictionary: fricative |
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| 2 results for fricative |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- fricative
- adj
- of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a
constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
Synonym(s): fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident
- n
- a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a
narrowing of the vocal tract
Synonym(s): fricative consonant, fricative, spirant
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Fricative \Fric"a*tive\, a. [See {Frication}.] (Phon.)
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. A fricative
consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation,
[sect][sect] 197-206, etc.
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