FRICATIVE CONSONANT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

fricative; fricative consonant; spirant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("fricative consonant" is a kind of...):

continuant; continuant consonant (consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fricative consonant"):

sibilant; sibilant consonant (a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh))

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