9 Letter Words for Fricative
fricative
8 Letter Words for Fricative
actifier, artifice, caritive
7 Letter Words for Fricative
caitive, factive, fictive, icteria, vicaire, viciate
6 Letter Words for Fricative
acrite, active, afrite, avitic, caitif, cavier, certif, civite, facier, farcie, fiacre, fracti, fricti, iatric, refait, taiver, tercia, triace, tricae, trivia, viatic, vitric
5 Letter Words for Fricative
acier, aeric, afire, afret, afrit, after, aiver, arite, artic, avert, caret, carte, carve, cater, caver, cavie, cerat, ceria, citer, civet, craft, craie, crate, crave, creta, ecart, erica, evict, facer, facet, facie, facit, faire, farce, farci, faver, fecit, feria, fieri, firca, fiver, fract, frate, frati, freit, icier, ifrit, irate, react, recit, recti, refit, retia, rifte, rivet, tarie, tarve, taver, terai, ticer, tirve, tiver, trace, trave, trefa, treif, triac, trica, trice, trifa, vaire, varec, vatic, vicar, vicia, vitae, vitra, vraic
4 Letter Words for Fricative
acer, acre, afer, aire, airt, aivr, aret, arte, atef, aver, avie, cafe, cair, care, carf, cart, cate, cave, cera, cert, ceti, cira, cire, cite, cive, crit, eira, erat, eria, eric, etic, face, fact, fair, fait, fare, fart, fate, fave, favi, fear, feat, ferv, feta, fiar, fiat, fica, fice, fict, fier, fire, five, frae, frat, fret, frit, iare, icer, itai, iter, race, raft, rait, rate, rave, rect, reft, reif, reit, rice, rife, rift, rita, rite, riva, rive, tace, tare, tari, tave, tear, teca, tera, terf, tiar, tice, tier, tire, trac, trav, trie, vair, vare, vari, vera, veri, vert, veta, vica, vice, vier, vita, vite
3 Letter Words for Fricative
ace, act, aer, aft, air, ait, arc, are, arf, art, ate, ave, caf, cai, car, cat, cav, cer, cfi, cia, cie, cif, cir, cit, civ, crt, cte, ctf, ctr, cva, ear, eat, ect, eft, eir, era, erf, ert, eta, etc, fac, far, fat, fec, fei, fer, fet, fie, fir, fit, fra, fri, frt, ice, ifc, ife, ira, ire, ita, iva, ive, raf, rai, rat, rct, rea, rec, ref, rei, rev, ria, rie, rif, rit, riv, rte, rti, tai, tar, tav, tea, tec, tef, ter, tfr, tic, tie, tra, trf, tri, vac, vae, var, vat, vcr, vei, ver, vet, via, vic, vie, vii
Definitions for Fricative
[1] (of a speech sound) characterized by audible friction produced by forcing the breath through a constricted or partially obstructed passage in the vocal tract; spirantal; spirant.
[2] Also called spirant. a fricative consonant, as (th), (v), or (h).
[3] a continuant consonant produced by partial occlusion of the airstream, such as (f) or (z)
[4] relating to or denoting a fricative
Words related to Fricative
click, consonant, liquid, phone, sonant, affricate, diphthong, implosive, plosive, sibilant, spirant, syllable, vocable
Words nearby Fricative
fribourg, fricandeau, fricando, fricassee, frication, fricative, frick, fricking, frics, friction, friction clutch
Origin of Fricative
First recorded in 1855–60; fricat(ion) + -ive
Other words from Fricative
non·fric·a·tive , adjective, noun
un·fric·a·tive , adjective
Word origin for Fricative
C19: from New Latin fricātivus , from Latin fricāre to rub
Synonyms for Fricative
affricate, click, consonant, diphthong, implosive, liquid, phone, phonetic entity, phonetic unit, plosive, sibilant, sonant, spirant, syllable, vocable
