1) Consonant such as f or v 2) Consonantal sound 3) Fricative 4) Sibilant 5) Soft 6) Talent show contestant
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1) Fricative 2) Sibilant
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• (n.) A term used differently by different authorities; -- by some as equivalent to fricative, -- that is, as including all the continuous consonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the further exception, by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels w, y; by others limited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound of German ch, -- th...
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in phonetics, a term defined by some scholars as coextensive with fricative (q.v.) and by other scholars as a subclass of fricatives in which the ...
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A term used differently by different authorities; by some as equivalent to fricative, that is, as including all the continuous consonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the further exception, by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels w, y; by others limited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound of German ch, thus excluding the sibi...
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Another term in linguistics for a fricative.
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Spi'rant noun [ Latin
spirans ,
-antis , present participle of
spirare to breathe. See
Spirit .]
(Phon.) A term used differently by different authorities; -- by some as equivalent to
fricative , - - that is, as including all the continuous consonants, except t...
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