fricative
English
Etymology
New Latin fricativus, from Classical Latin fricāre, present active infinitive of fricō (“I rub”).
Noun
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fricative (plural fricatives)
Derived terms
- dental fricative
- groove fricative
- lateral fricative
- slit fricative
Translations
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Adjective
fricative (comparative more fricative, superlative most fricative)
- (phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
Derived terms
- fricatively
- fricativeness
- fricativisation
- fricativise
- fricativization
- fricativize
- nonfricative
- prefricative
Translations
produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁi.ka.tiv/
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Further reading
- “fricative” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
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