fricative
Turbulent breath sound
A fricative is a consonant sound produced by forcing air through a narrow channel, creating audible friction.
The f in fish, the s in see, and the th in think are fricatives.
The term belongs to phonetics, where it contrasts with stops (like p or t) and other consonant types.
Minimal distinctive sound unit
- allophoneNon-distinctive sound variation
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- phoneticsStudy of speech sounds
- IPASound notation system
transcription · distribution · assimilation · spirantization · debuccalization
In agreement with
glottal · velar · palatal · bilabial · uvular · pharyngeal · postalveolar · interdental
Sharp sibilant sound
- buzzContinuous low drone
- fizzBubbly hissing sound
- sibilanceHissing quality in speech
- susurrationSoft whispering noise
whisper · breath · airflow · turbulent · raspy · shushing · whoosh
phoneme
Minimal distinctive sound unit
- allophoneNon-distinctive sound variation
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- phoneticsStudy of speech sounds
IPA · transcription · distribution · assimilation · spirantization · debuccalization
consonant
In agreement with
dental · glottal · velar · palatal · bilabial · uvular · pharyngeal · postalveolar · interdental · articulation
hiss
Sharp sibilant sound
susurration · whisper · breath · airflow · turbulent · raspy · shushing · whoosh
groove
Narrow cut or routine
theta
Eighth Hellenic letter
- phoneticsphonemes, phoneme, vocal folds, consonants, vowels
- speech soundsvowel, diphthong, nasal, monophthong, vocal folds
- speechspeech, speaking, talk, diction, conversation
- jointsbutt joint, corner joint, knee, elbow, ankle
- linguisticslinguistics, phoneme, phonemes, morpheme, morphemes
- consonantsd, h, q, r, w