groove fricative

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

groove fricative (plural groove fricatives)

  1. (phonetics) A hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
    • 1955, H. A. Gleason, An Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics, page 194, section 14.7:
      Groove fricatives all have more or less of an [s]-like quality, and are for this reason sometimes called sibilants.

Synonyms

[edit]
[edit]

Translations

[edit]
phonetics: hissing sound — see sibilant
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=groove_fricative&oldid=73293867"