Look up: Fricative

1. fricative
   [adj] - produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f`. `s`, `z`, or `th` (in both `thin` and `then`))
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2. Fricative
   A speech sound produced by frication, that is, by forcing air through a constriction in the vocal tract. Examples are 's' and 'f'.
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3. Fricative
   Fric'a·tive adjective [ See Frication .] (Phon.) Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complet...
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4. fricative
   Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; said of certain...
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5. fricative
   continuant adjective of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f`, `s`, `z`, or `th` in both `thin` and `then`)
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6. Fricative
   • (n.) A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-206, etc. • (a.) Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complet...
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7. fricative
   in phonetics, a consonant sound, such as English f or v, produced by bringing the mouth into position to block the passage of the airstream, but not ... [7 related articles]
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8. fricative
   fricative A speech sound produced by forcing an air stream through a narrow opening and resulting in audible high-frequency vibrations; such as, 'f' or 's'.
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9. Fricative
   Fricative is a term applied to certain letters produced by the friction of the breath issuing through a narrow opening of the organs of articulation, for example f, v, s, z, etc.
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10. fricative
    Type: Term Pronunciation: frik′ă-tiv Definitions: 1. Speech sound made by forcing the air stream through a narrow orifice, created by apposition of the teeth, tongue, or lips in producing consonantal phonemes such as f, v, s, and z.
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