fricative

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Derived terms 1.5 See also 2 Italian 2.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From New Latin fricativus, from Latin fricatus (past participle of fricare, to rub) + adjective suffix -ivus.

[edit] Noun

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. English F and S are fricatives.

[edit] Synonyms

• spirant

[edit] Derived terms

• groove fricative
• lateral fricative
• slit fricative

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adjective

fricative (comparative more fricative, superlative most fricative)

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

[edit] Derived terms

• fricativise (Intransitive verb) to become a fricative.
• fricativisation (noun) The process whereby a sound becomes a fricative.

[edit] See also

• affricate
• approximant
• lateral
• nasal
• plosive
• sibilant
• Wikipedia article on Fricative consonants.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Adjective

fricative f.

1. Feminine plural form of fricativo