单词 | fricative |
释义 | fricativeadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of a consonant-sound: Produced by the friction of the breath through a narrow opening between two of the mouth-organs. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [adjective] > spirant or continuant > fricative fricative1860 1860 G. P. Marsh Lect. Eng. Lang. 489 The b..showing no tendency to the more explosive articulation of some of the German dialects, or the more fricative of the Spanish. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. iv. 61 A sound of very different character, a fricative consonant. 1883 I. Taylor Alphabet I. iii. §3. 181 Cheth..a ‘fricative faucal’, was a strongly marked continuous guttural sound produced at the back of the palate. 2. ‘Sounded by friction, as certain musical instruments’ ( Cent. Dict.). B. n. A fricative consonant. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > obstruent > spirant or continuant > fricative obstrict1617 fricative1863 1863 R. Lepsius Standard Alphabet (ed. 2) 68 H belongs, therefore, to the unvocalised strong fricatives. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1860 |
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