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A '''fricative (consonant)''' (a [[manner of articulation]]) is a [[consonant]] produced by passing the air through a narrow passage with audible friction.
 
A '''fricative (consonant)''' (a [[manner of articulation]]) is a [[consonant]] produced by passing the air through a narrow passage with audible friction.
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'''Fricative''' is a sound that is articulated in such a way that the articulators are brought very close together; the air is forced through this narrow opening. A hissing sound is the result.
  
 
===Examples===
 
===Examples===
 
E.g., [f], [s], [þ], [ð]
 
E.g., [f], [s], [þ], [ð]
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English [s] in ''sea'' or [f] in ''flow''.
  
 
===Origin===
 
===Origin===
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===Other languages===
 
===Other languages===
 
German [[Frikativ]]
 
German [[Frikativ]]
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=== Link ===
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Fricative&lemmacode=760 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
  
 
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[[Category:Phonetics and Phonology]]
 
[[Category:Consonant]]
 
[[Category:Consonant]]

Revision as of 22:39, 13 February 2009

A fricative (consonant) (a manner of articulation) is a consonant produced by passing the air through a narrow passage with audible friction.


Fricative is a sound that is articulated in such a way that the articulators are brought very close together; the air is forced through this narrow opening. A hissing sound is the result.

Examples

E.g., [f], [s], [þ], [ð]

English [s] in sea or [f] in flow.

Origin

Based on Latin fricare 'rub'.

Other languages

German Frikativ

Link

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics