Fricative Synonyms

frĭkə-tĭv
A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. fricative consonant
  2. spirant
Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. continuant
  2. sibilant
  3. spirant
  4. strident

Words Related to Fricative

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. plosive
  2. velar
  3. uvular
  4. unvoiced
  5. bilabial
  6. intervocalic
  7. obstruent
  8. unaspirated
  9. labio-dental
  10. word-final
  11. devoice

Fricative Sentence Examples

  • The use of the velar fricative is dying out all over the place.

  • The word begins with a rather weak voiceless fricative made with the lips (bilabial ).

  • In the first experiment, two vowels were compared with one voiced and one unvoiced fricative.

  • If you have a good uvular fricative, there are many malt whiskies you can order...without suffering embarrassment or misunderstanding.

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