رَخْو adj (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)
اِحْتِكَاكِي noun (consonant)
رَخْو noun (consonant)
صَوْت اِحْتِكَاكِي noun (consonant)

Armenian

2 entries

շփական adj (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)
շփական noun (consonant)

Catalan

2 entries

fricatiu adj (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)
fricatiu noun (consonant)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

擦音 noun (consonant)

Czech

1 entries

frikativa noun (consonant)

Danish

3 entries

frikativ adj (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)
frikativ noun (consonant)
hæmmelyd noun (consonant)

Dutch

2 entries

fricatief noun (consonant)
wrijfklank noun (consonant)

Finnish

2 entries

frikatiivi noun (consonant)
hankausäänne noun (consonant)

French

2 entries

fricatif adj (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)
fricative noun (consonant)

Georgian

4 entries

ნაპრალოვანი adj (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)
ფრიკატიული adj (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)
ნაპრალოვანი noun (consonant)
სპირანტი noun (consonant)

German

3 entries

frikativ adj (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)
Frikativ noun (consonant)
Reibelaut noun (consonant)

Hungarian

2 entries

frikatíva noun (consonant)
réshang noun (consonant)

Icelandic

1 entries

önghljóð noun (consonant)

Italian

2 entries

fricativo adj (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)
fricativo noun (consonant)

Japanese

1 entries

摩擦音 noun (consonant)

Korean

1 entries

마찰음 noun (consonant)

Mongolian

2 entries

шүргэх гийгүүлэгч noun (consonant)
ᠱᠦᠷᠭᠦᠬᠦ ᠭᠡᠶᠢᠭᠦᠯᠦᠭᠴᠢ noun (consonant)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

frikativ noun (consonant)
spirant noun (consonant)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

frikativ noun (consonant)
spirant noun (consonant)

Polish

3 entries

frykatywny adj (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)
szczelinowy adj (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)
trący adj (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)

Portuguese

2 entries

fricativo adj (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)
fricativa noun (consonant)

Russian

4 entries

фрикати́вный adj (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)
щелево́й adj (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)
фрикати́вный noun (consonant)
щелево́й noun (consonant)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

suathach adj (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)
suathach noun (consonant)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

frȉkatīv noun (consonant)
strȗjnīk noun (consonant)
tjèsnačnīk noun (consonant)
tèsnačnīk noun (consonant)

Spanish

2 entries

fricativo adj (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)
fricativa noun (consonant)

Swedish

1 entries

frikativa noun (consonant)

Welsh

2 entries

ffrithiol adj (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)
ffrithiolyn noun (consonant)

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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