fricative (s)
continuant (s)
sibilant (s)
spirant (s)
strident (s)

a01157179

type s
lex_filenum 00
def of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
Outgoing links
Similar to soft
Derivationally related form sibilant → sibilant; sibilant → sibilate; sibilant → sibilate
Derivationally related form sibilant → sibilate
Derivationally related form continuant → continuance
Incoming links
Similar to soft
Derivationally related form sibilant → sibilant; sibilate → sibilant; sibilate → sibilant
Derivationally related form continuance → continuant
Derivationally related form sibilate → sibilant

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