fricative

A phonetic term describing a consonant sound produced by forcing air through a narrow channel, creating friction.

• 🇪🇸Término fonético que describe un sonido consonántico producido al pasar el aire por un canal estrecho, lo que genera fricción. También se aplica al tipo de consonante que se articula de esta manera.

1. Speech sound production C1 formal

   Describing a speech sound produced by forcing air through a narrow channel, creating audible friction.

   • The sounds 'f', 's', 'z', and 'th' are classified as fricative consonants.
   • In phonetics, a fricative is characterized by turbulent airflow.
   • The linguist analyzed the fricative nature of the 'sh' sound.

   🇪🇸Fricativa (articulación de consonantes)

   Sinónimos: spirant

• more fricative comparative form
• most fricative superlative form

A noun referring to a type of consonant sound produced by forcing air through a narrow channel in the vocal tract, creating audible friction.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un tipo de sonido consonántico producido al forzar el aire a través de un canal estrecho en el tracto vocal, lo que genera una fricción audible.

1. Consonant sound C1 formal

   A type of consonant sound produced by forcing air through a narrow channel in the vocal tract, creating friction.

   • The 'f' and 'v' sounds in English are examples of fricatives.
   • Linguists classify fricatives by their place of articulation.
   • The 'th' sound in 'think' is a voiceless dental fricative.

   🇪🇸Consonante fricativa

   Sinónimos: fricative consonantspirant

• fricatives plural form
• fricatives' possessive plural form
• fricative's possessive singular form