HyperDic: fricative_consonant

English > 1 sense of the expression fricative consonant:
NOUNcommunicationfricative consonant, fricative, spiranta continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
English > fricative consonant: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract.
Synonymsfricative, spirant
Narrowersibilant, sibilant consonantA consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
Broadercontinuant consonant, continuantconsonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract
Spanishconsonante fricativa, fricativa
Catalanconsonant fricativa, fricativa

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