Fricative

Word FRICATIVE
Character 9
Hyphenation fric a tive
Pronunciations /ˈfɹɪkətɪv/

Definitions and meanings of "Fricative"

What do we mean by fricative?

A consonant, such as f or s in English, produced by the forcing of breath through a constricted passage. noun

Of, relating to, or being a fricative consonant. adjective

Characterized by friction: said of those alphabetic sounds in which the conspicuous element is a rustling of the breath through a partly opened position of the organs, as s and sh, z and zh, f and v, th and Ŧh, and so on. They are sometimes divided into subclasses, as sibilants, like s and sh, and spirants, like f and verb

Sounded by friction, as certain musical instruments. See instrument, 3 .

A fricative consonant. See I., 1. noun

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. adjective

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. noun

Produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity. adjective

A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract noun

Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') adjective

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.

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The word "fricative" in example sentences

Now, considering the post you linked to regarding the potential phonetic realization of Minoan "d" and "z": would that man that "z" as a fricative is a "th" sound? ❋ Unknown (2009)

With all the grace on offer, you quibble at the absence of the word "fricative"? ❋ Unknown (2004)

I never noticed that "fricative" sounded close to a bad word, though, until I said it to my dad and he acted shocked. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Similarly, "fricative" consonants are soft-sounding like the "f" in "five" and convey a sense of smallness, he says, while ❋ Unknown (2010)

The S is substituted there with an English H or the velar fricative that in Spanish is nowadays a J in many occasions. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But a Spanish J is not the equivalent of a Y, it is a velar fricative. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's safest for this magazine's sanity if I substitute the words "chuffing" and "todd" for the concomitant seven- and four-letter words Bruce quietly drops everywhere, through habit rather than guile or anger; fricative and plosive, they're actually right in almost all contexts. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Two phonemes: a voiced dental fricative and a schwa. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

Yes, it's about a complete cessation of airflow with a sudden release -- a 'plosive' -- rather than a restriction causing 'fricative' turbulence. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

Yes, it makes Sean Kingston's Beautiful Girls look like Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, but Mohombi isn't about furrowing brows, he's about fun with a capital bilabial fricative. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I think that we all deserve pats on the back for retaining the spelling knight after losing the silent velar fricative that once started the word, and for successfully mastering learning the various sound sequences that that master of disguise ough can hide (bough, trough, plough, through, tough, etc.). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Dickens's social vision can at times seem like a waking nightmare, as with the fricative fever and fret of ❋ Unknown (2008)

I know that there's been over a hundred years of research into it, but it seems so bizarre just to have a word-onset fricative that just appears at random. ❋ Unknown (2010)

An example set (close to what the paper gave) from Arabic as a representative of the family, involves roots related to the idea of cutting (plus one related to breaking): the first consonant is a velar stop or j from PS *g and the second a dental stop or fricative. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Predictably anonymous "concern trolls" are sending me more stupid comments about their fake disdain for p weakening to a bilabial fricative when next to u, as I mentioned in a long-ago post. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He informed me that the "offending" blog entry in question is Some observations concerning Woodard's The Ancient Languages of Europe and pertains to my "shame" in calling the Etruscan f a "bilabial fricative". ❋ Unknown (2009)

He begins by explaining the typical communis opinio, making a minor faux-pas by misrepresenting Etruscan f as a labiodental rather than a bilabial fricative. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Apparently it means: sibilant is a type of fricative or affricate consonant, made by directing a jet of air through a narrow channel in the vocal tract towards the sharp edge of the teeth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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