fricativenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfrɪk.ə.tɪv/us/ˈfrɪk.ə.t̬ɪv/specializeda consonant sound that is made by forcing air through a narrow space:
The /s/ in "said" and the /z/ in "zoo" are fricatives.
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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- assimilation
- bilabial
- clear l
- clipped
- consonant
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- phonemic
- pronounce
- silent letter
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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