fricativeEnglish

fricative, spirant, continuant, fricative consonant, sibilant

Noun

A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract

English: fricative consonant, fricative, spirant

Bahasa: frikatif

Adjective

Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')

English: fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident

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