fricative
pronunciation
How to pronounce fricative in British English:
UK [ˈfrɪkətɪv]
How to pronounce fricative in American English:
US [ˈfrɪkətɪv]
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- Noun:
- a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
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- Adjective:
- of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
Word Origin
- fricative (adj.)
- 1854, literally "characterized by friction," from Modern Latin fricativus, from Latin fricat-, past participle stem of fricare "to rub" (see friction). As a noun, "a fricative consonant," from 1863.
Example
- 1. An acoustic study on the hakka palatalized fricative .
- 2. Monophthongization and fricative reconfiguration in the taiwanese accent of mandarin .
- 3. The right groin area deep tenderness obviously , no significant bone fricative and abnormal activities .
- 4. It is just that in guangfeng dialect , ancient voiced fricative onsets have completely devoiced , and ancient voiced stops and affricates ( especially in neutral-tone syllables ) have become relatively .
- 5. Models of stop , nasal , and fricative consonant production .