groove fricative
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
groove fricative (plural groove fricatives)
- (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]
- (phonetics): sibilant
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
phonetics: hissing sound — see sibilant