fricative

Noun

1. (phonetics) a sound produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity; a fricative consonant. English F and S are fricatives.

9 letters in word "fricative": A C E F I I R T V.

No anagrams for fricative found in this word list.

• Definitions:
• A speech sound produced by frication, that is, by forcing air through a constriction in the vocal tract. Examples are "s" and "f. ...
• A speech sound produced by a long interval of turbulence noise (ie: [s] and [f]).
• a narrowing of the vocal tract that causes a fricative noise as air passes through: eg the beginnings of "fat", "think", "zoo" and "shoe."
• A speech sound produced by a constriction of the vocal tract, particularly by directing the airstream against a hard surface, producing noisy air turbulence. Some examples are f, s and th
• Said of consonant sounds that are produced with an airstream that is partially closed in some point of the oral tract, in such a way that audible friction is produced. Examples of unvoiced fricatives are /fsh/ in English.
• A speech sound made by incomplete constriction of airflow using the tongue or lips. Examples are /s/ and /f/.
• of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') fricative consonant: a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract

• fricassees ←
• fricasseeing ←
• fricasseed ←
• fricative
• → fricatives
• → fricht
• → frichted