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fricative en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • [ˈfɹɪkəɾɪv] (Australia, Canada, US)
  • frĭk'ətĭv
  • /ˈfɹɪkətɪv/ (Australia, Canada, US)
  • /fɾɪˈkeʈɪv/ (South-Asia)
  • /ˈfɹɪkətɪv/ (UK)
  • /ˈfɾɪkətɪv/ (South-Asia)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From New Latin fricatīvus, from Latin fricāre (“to rub”).

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more fricative Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most fricative Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

nonfricative · fricatively · fricativeness · prefricative · fricativization · fricativisation · fricativise · fricated · fricativize

Relateds

affricate · plosive · sibilant · lateral · approximant · nasal · friction

Translations (19)

pl frykatywny (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity) · ru фрикати́вный (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity) · pl szczelinowy (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity) · ca fricatiu (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity) · fr fricatif (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity) · gd suathach (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity) · pl trący (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity) · da frikativ (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity) · ru щелево́й (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity) · es fricativo (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity) · de frikativ (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity) · ar رَخْو (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity) · it fricativo (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity) · hy շփական (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity) · ka ფრიკატიული (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity) · ka ნაპრალოვანი (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity) · sq fërkimor (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity) · pt fricativo (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity) · cy ffrithiol (produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity)

fricative en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [ˈfɹɪkəɾɪv] (Australia, Canada, US)
  • frĭk'ətĭv
  • /ˈfɹɪkətɪv/ (Australia, Canada, US)
  • /fɾɪˈkeʈɪv/ (South-Asia)
  • /ˈfɹɪkətɪv/ (UK)
  • /ˈfɾɪkətɪv/ (South-Asia)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From New Latin fricatīvus, from Latin fricāre (“to rub”).

Meanings

  1. Any of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant.
    • Watt listened for a time, for the voice was far from unmelodious. The fricatives in particular were pleasing. 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
fricatives Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

nasal · trill · lateral · approximant · plosive

Deriveds

dental fricative · lateral fricative · slit fricative · groove fricative

Hypernyms

obstruent

Synonyms

spirant

Translations (49)

cs frikativa (consonant) · hu réshang (consonant) · mn ᠱᠦᠷᠭᠦᠬᠦ ᠭᠡᠶᠢᠭᠦᠯᠦᠭᠴᠢ (consonant) · ka ნაპრალოვანი (consonant) · sh strȗjnīk (consonant) · ru фрикати́вный (consonant) · fr fricative (consonant) · ka ფრიკატივი (consonant) · hy շփական (consonant) · sh тјѐсначнӣк (consonant) · da frikativ (consonant) · is önghljóð (consonant) · nb frikativ (consonant) · sh тјѐсначнӣк (consonant) · nl wrijfklank (consonant) · cy ffrithiolyn (consonant) · pt fricativa (consonant) · es fricativa (consonant) · ar صَوْت اِحْتِكَاكِي (consonant) · nb spirant (consonant) · ka სპირანტი (consonant) · sh frȉkatīv (consonant) · ar رَخْو (consonant) · sh фри̏катӣв (consonant) · sv frikativa (consonant) · fi hankausäänne (consonant) · ru щелево́й (consonant) · nn spirant (consonant) · ca fricatiu (consonant) · ar صَوْت رَخْو (consonant) · gd suathach (consonant) · az sürtünən (consonant) · nl fricatief (consonant) · de Frikativ (consonant) · ja 摩擦音 (consonant) · sh tèsnačnīk (consonant) · da hæmmelyd (consonant) · hu frikatíva (consonant) · sh стру̑јнӣк (consonant) · ar اِحْتِكَاكِي (consonant) · sq fërkimore (consonant) · fi frikatiivi (consonant) · mn шүргэх гийгүүлэгч (consonant) · ko 마찰음 (consonant) · de Reibelaut (consonant) · nn frikativ (consonant) · sh tjèsnačnīk (consonant) · cmn 擦音 (consonant) · it fricativo (consonant)