fricative
Produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavityProduced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
» Dutch has at most nine fricatives.
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1 sensesProduced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
frikativ
фрикати́вныйfrikatívnyj, щелево́йščelevój
of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’)
Examples
4 sentencesDutch has at most nine fricatives.
Can you make a voiced linguolabial fricative?
In English, F and V are labiodental fricatives.
Ashkenazi Hebrew uses a sibilant fricative where Yemenite Hebrew has a non-sibilant fricative.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From New Latin fricatīvus, from Latin fricāre (“to rub”).From New Latin fricatīvus, from Latin fricāre (“to rub”).
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Forms
more fricative, most fricative| Comparative | more fricative Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most fricative Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’):continuantsibilantspirantstrident
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.