Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dental fricative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: den-tal frica-tive
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The phoneme produced when the tongue touches the upper teeth and air is blown. It can be voiced (ð) or unvoiced (θ).

Inflected Forms

dental fricatives (plural)

Questions

What does dental fricative mean?: The phoneme produced when the tongue touches the upper teeth and air is blown. It can be voiced (ð) or unvoiced (θ).

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