"fricative" Definition

Definitions for the word "fricative" from multiple English dictionaries.

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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-206, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. adj.
(of a consonant) sounded by friction of the breath in a narrow opening. n. Such a consonant (e.g. F, th). [latin frico rub]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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