Fricative

/ˈfɾɪkətɪv/

Synonyms for "fricative" (15 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(2 words)
spirantfricative consonant
Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (5)

Noun(4 words)
frictionalhissingnoisynoisy consonant

Related words (7)

Adjective(3 words)
Noun(3 words)
spectral fricativeturbulentturbulent consonant

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

7 entries
acoustic featureacoustic propertyconsonantcontinuantcontinuant consonantphonemespeech sound

More specific

7 entries
alveolar fricativedental fricativefrication noiseglottal fricativehigh frequency energylabiodental fricativepostalveolar fricative

Collocations

8 entries
alveolar fricativefricative articulationfricative consonantglottal fricativelabiodental fricativepostalveolar fricativevoiced fricativevoiceless fricative

Inflections

3 entries
fricativesmore fricativemost fricative

Derivations

4 entries

similar

1 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Ashkenazi Hebrew uses a sibilant fricative where Yemenite Hebrew has a non-sibilant fricative.

Source: tatoeba (8115449)

Can you make a voiced linguolabial fricative?

Source: tatoeba (9116828)

Watt listened for a time, for the voice was far from unmelodious. The fricatives in particular were pleasing.

Source: wiktionary

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