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Fricative 1

Definition: Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc.

Fricative 2

Definition: A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, etc.

fricative 3

Definition: a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract

fricative 4

Definition: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f'', `s'', `z'', or `th'' in both `thin'' and `then'')

 

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