fricative

English - Turkish

Definition of fricative in English Turkish dictionary: sürtüşmeli; daraltılı (ses); sert; {i} frikatif; sert ünsüz; gibi sürtme sesi çıkaran sızıcı harflere benzer; frikatit; {i} sürtünmeli sessiz harf; (sıfat) frikatif
palatal fricative: hışırtılı (ses)

English - English

Definition of fricative in English English dictionary: produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity; 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; A consonant type As the sound is pronounced, friction is produced; hence fricative; 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; of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then'); See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 197-206, etc; {s} (Phonetics) made by forcing air through a narrow space (about a speech sound); {i} consonant whose sound is made by forcing air through a narrow space (Phonetics); a sound, such as /f/ or /z/, made by forcing your breath through a narrow opening between your lips and teeth, or your tongue and teeth (fricativus, from fricare; FRICTION); f v ps bz pS s z S Z x Ä; A consonant produced when the air released by an articulator passes through a narrow passage with audible friction e g , [f], [s], [Ã¾], [Ã°], etc; a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
fricative consonant: a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
groove fricative: A hissing sound such as the 's' or 'sh' in 'sash' or 'surge'
Groove fricatives all have more or less of an -like quality, and are for this reason sometimes called sibilants.
A fricative: spirant
fricatives: plural of fricative