1) Sibilant 2) Soft 3) Spirant
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1) Sibilant 2) Spirant
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• (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 complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and henc...
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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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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 consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc. ... A fri...
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(also called spirant) In linguistics, any sound made by tightening but not completely closing the ai
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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 complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and henc...
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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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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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adj] - produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f`. `s`, `z`, or `th` (in both `thin` and `then`))
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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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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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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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A type of sound which is characterised by air passing a constriction somewhere between the glottis and the lips, e.g. [x, s, ʃ, f]. Turbulence arises when air flows through a narrow gap and it is this which causes the noise typical of fricatives. Fricatives can be voiced or voiceless. The equivalent term spirant is sometimes found.
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