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Word: fricative (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • phonetics produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.

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Noun:

  • phonetics Any of several sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant. English F and S are fricatives.

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