fricative

Meaning

Noun

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.

Adj

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

Synonyms

spirant

sibilant

continuant

strident

fricative consonant

friction sound

stridulating sound

friction noise

rub

hiss

Translations

fricative

Frikativ

fricatief

fricativo

sifflement

fricativa

fricatiu

Zischen

Rauschen

δασύ

consonant fricativa

Reiblaut

taisant

Reibelaut

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɹɪkətɪv/

Etymology

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