fricative
French, noun/fʁi.ka.tiv/
fricative is spelled F-R-I-C-A-T-I-V-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fricative is a French feminine noun meaning “fricative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of fricatif. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Classe de consonnes dont le mode d’articulation est la frication”.
What does fricative mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefricative
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of fricatif
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Classe de consonnes dont le mode d’articulation est la frication. 2. Consonne fricative.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fricative
- fricatives plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fricative?
- /fʁi.ka.tiv/
- \fʁi.ka.tiv\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fricative
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fricative in French?
fricative appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).