| ADJECTIVE | all | spirant, fricative, continuant, sibilant, strident | of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then') |
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| NOUN | communication | spirant, fricative consonant, fricative | a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract |
| Meaning | Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then'). | |
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| Synonyms | fricative, continuant, sibilant, strident | |
| Broader | soft | (of speech sounds) |
| Spanish | aspirante, fricativo, sibilante | |
| Catalan | aspirant, fricatiu, sibilant | |
| Meaning | A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract. | |
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| Synonyms | fricative consonant, fricative | |
| Narrower | sibilant, sibilant consonant | A consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh) |
| Broader | continuant consonant, continuant | consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract |
| Spanish | consonante fricativa, fricativa | |
| Catalan | consonant fricativa, fricativa | |
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