fricative
English
/ˈfɹɪkətɪv/
noun
Definitions
- (phonetics) 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.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fricativus, fricāre.
Origin
Latin
fricāre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fricatively English
- fricativeness English
- nonfricative English
- prefricative English
- affrico Latin
- confrico Latin
- defrico Latin
- dentifricium Latin
- effrico Latin
- fricatio Latin
- fricativus Latin
- frictio Latin
- fricāre Latin
- fricō Latin
- perfrico Latin
- fregare Italian
- fricativo Italian
- sfruculiare Italian
- fregar Spanish, Castilian
- frayer Old French
- freier Old French
- fregar Catalan, Valencian
- fregar Galician
- freca Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fërkoj Albanian
- frec Aromanian
- freâ Friulian