fricative

fricative is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; -- said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; -- said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc.
2. noun. A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-206, etc.
3. noun. a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract

   Synonyms: spirant

4. adjective. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')

   Synonyms: continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident

Synonyms

spirant, continuant, sibilant, strident

Common word forms

fricatives

Words from these letters

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