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Fricative

//ˈfɾɪkətɪv// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’) wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From New Latin fricatīvus, from Latin fricāre (“to rub”).

Etymology 2

From New Latin fricatīvus, from Latin fricāre (“to rub”).

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