n. or adj. 1. (also spirant) A segment whose articulation involves a radical constriction in the vocal tract short of a complete closure but sufficient to produce friction noise as the airstream flows through the constricted opening. Fricatives may be...

Speech sound classified according to its manner of articulation, namely with pulmonic or pharyngeal air ( ejective), and in which at least in one position the oral cavity forms a narrow passage through which the expired air creates sound through...

Term denoting fricatives, any kind of constrictive, or a median without friction....

n. or adj. An older term for...

Fricatives are consonants produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together. These are the lower lip against the upper teeth in the case of [f], or the back of the tongue against the soft palate in the case...