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Fricative - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Fricative : adj : of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a
constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both
`thin' and `then') [syn: sibilant, spirant]
(noun)
1: a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a
narrowing of the vocal tract [syn: fricative consonant,
spirant]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Fricative : \Fric"a*tive\, a. [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 hence
capable of being continued or prolonged; -- said of certain
consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc. -- n. A fricative
consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation,
[sect][sect] 197-206, etc.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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