Fricative (Adjective)
Meaning
Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then').
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The English language has a number of fricative sounds, including the voiceless interdental fricative, as in "thin".
- Fricative sounds, such as "s" and "z", are common in many languages, including English and Spanish.
- In the phonetics of many languages, the sounds /f/ and /v/ are labiodental fricative.
- The pronunciation of the "th" in "this" is a voiceless dental fricative sound.
- Some dialects of Arabic have a voiced uvular fricative sound, often represented by the symbol "غ".