fricative

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

• 🇨🇳语音学术语，指气流通过口腔或声道的狭窄通道时产生摩擦而发出的辅音。

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.

   🇨🇳擦音

   同义词: 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.

• 🇨🇳指通过声道中狭窄通道挤压气流而发出可听摩擦声的一类辅音，即擦音。

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.

   🇨🇳擦音

   同义词: fricative consonantspirant

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