(phonetics) a speech sound, such as /f/ // /sh/ or /z/, made by forcing breath out through a narrow space in the mouth with the lips, teeth or tongue in a particular position
fricative adjective
comparePLOSIVE
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In this entry, fricative is tagged as noun.
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