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fric·a·tive
 fricative
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- pronunciation:
- frI
k
tihv
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
in phonetics, pronounced with a rush of air through a narrow slit or passage formed within the mouth.
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noun |
| definition: |
a fricative consonant, such as "f," "v," or "s".
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adjective + (n.)fricative
dental, frail, grammatical, lateral, meaningless, noticeable, palatal, pronounced, shocking, unvoiced, voiceless
verb + (n.)fricative
sound, voice
noun + (n.)fricative
click, substitution, syllable, visa, vowel
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The word fricative
contains the following parts:
fric
Latin
root
that means rub
  Example words:
-ive, -ative
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means tending to, connected with, or performing
More about this word part:
The suffix -ive
, -ative
turns Latinate verb bases into adjectives. Many adjectives ending in -ive
, -ative
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ity (objective
, objectivity) or -ion (effusive
, effusion).
Example words:
abrasive, abusive, accumulative, activate, active, actively, activist, administrative, affirmative, aggressive, alternative, attractive, captive, cognitive, combative, conclusive, curative, cursive, dative, derisive, divisive, effusive, emotive, exclusive, expensive, figurative, fixative, formative, fricative, fugitive, imperative, incisive, inclusive, infinitive, interactive, laxative, native, normative, objective, permissive, productive, protective, quantitative, relative, restive, subjective
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