Crossword-Solution: FRICATIVE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Fricative | a. | 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. |
| Fricative | n. | A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-206, etc. |
We have 5 clues for the answer “FRICATIVE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Frictional. | 2 answers |
| sound symbol | 2 answers |
| Speech sound | 33 answers |
| rubbing | 37 answers |
| Consonant. | 37 answers |
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Poet’s word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day
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Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
ENE
Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with FRICATIVE (4)
Thus the Latin vowels were named by simply uttering their sounds; the mute consonants and _h_ by uttering a vowel after them, and the so-called nasal and fricative consonants by uttering a vowel before them.
See Spirit.] (Phon.) Defn: A term used differently by different authorities; -- by some as equivalent to fricative, -- that is, as including all the continuous consonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the further exception, by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels w, y; by others limited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound of German ch, -- thus excluding the sibilants, as well as the nasals, liquids, and semivowels.
Medial q is usually written χ (chi), representing the fricative pronunciation: “Eχaluin” and similar.
Similarly, because perfect though slight closure is not remote from extreme narrowing, we can pass in a practically unbroken series from energetic _p_ to laxly uttered _f_, from _k_ to the guttural fricative of German _ach_--a sound which English, in its modern form, no longer possesses,--etc.
Quotes with FRICATIVE (1)
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