fricative : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fricative	by the DICT Development Group
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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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fricative \Fric"ative\, 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.