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Definition of Fricative
1. Adjective. Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then').
Similar to: Soft
Derivative terms: Continuance, Sibilant, Sibilate, Sibilate, Sibilate
2. Noun. A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract.
Generic synonyms: Continuant, Continuant Consonant
Specialized synonyms: Sibilant, Sibilant Consonant
Definition of Fricative
1. a. 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.
Definition of Fricative
1. Noun. (phonetics) Any of several sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant. English /f/ and /s/ are fricatives. ¹
2. Adjective. (phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fricative
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Fricative
1. 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. A fricative consonant letter or sound. See: Frication. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fricative
Literary usage of Fricative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Early English Pronunciation: With Special Reference to Shakespeare and by Alexander John Ellis, William Salesbury, Johann Andreas Schmeller, Francis James Child, Alexander Barclay, Johan Winkler (1874)
"2 State of the larynx : M hard palate, fricative, back of tongue and soft palate, b.
Open glottis. Vocal chords apart as for breathing ; its sign united ..."
2. Phonetics of the New High German Language by Arwid Johannson (1906)
"The combination of an occlusive sound with a hom- organic fricative sound is ...
The laryngeal fricative (glottal fricative, Hauch- laut) h is formed in the ..."
3. On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakespeare and by Alexander John Ellis, Francis James Child, William Salesbury, Alexander Barclay, Johann Andreas Schmeller, Johan Winkler (1875)
"Thus (zh) is written as alveolar, between back of tongue and back of hard palate,
fricative ; to which for (sh) is added : open glottis. ..."
4. Nursery Tales, Traditions, & Histories of the Zulus, in Their Own Words by Henry Callaway (1868)
"The second guttural fricative is extremely difficult to pronounce ; and as I can
only approximately pronounce it myself, I speak with some diffidence on the ..."
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