English to English
fricative
('fr/I/k/@/t/I/v
)
adjective (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.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
adjective satellite (s)
- of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')(adj.all)source: wordnet30
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