fricative

New Latin fricativus, from Latin fricāre, present active infinitive of fricō (“I rub”).

• (UK, US) enPR: frĭk'ətĭv, IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɪkətɪv/

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fricative (plural fricatives)

1. (phonetics) 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.

   Synonym: (archaic) spirant

   Hypernym: obstruent

   Hyponyms: strident, sibilant

   Coordinate terms: approximant, lateral, nasal, trill, plosive

   • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:

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

fricative (comparative more fricative, superlative most fricative)

1. (phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.

• friction

• affricate
• approximant
• lateral
• nasal
• plosive
• sibilant

• Fricative consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): /fʁi.ka.tiv/

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Substantive feminine of fricatif.

fricative f (plural fricatives)

1. (phonetics) fricative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fricative

1. feminine singular of fricatif

• “fricative”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /fri.kaˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: fri‧ca‧tì‧ve

fricative

1. feminine plural of fricativo

fricative f pl

1. plural of fricativa

• vetrifica