fricative

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

• 🇵🇹Termo fonético que descreve um som consonantal produzido pela passagem do ar por um canal estreito, gerando fricção. Em português, refere-se tanto à classe de consoantes como f, v, s, z, ch, quanto ao próprio som assim articulado.

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.

   🇵🇹Fricativo

   Sinônimos: 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.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa um tipo de som consonantal produzido pela passagem do ar por um canal estreito no trato vocal, gerando fricção audível.

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.

   🇵🇹Consoante fricativa

   Sinônimos: fricative consonantspirant

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