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fricative means: 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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fricative

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɹɪkətɪv/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted acefiirtvStarts with FEnds with E0 clues

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

From New Latin fricatīvus, from Latin fricāre (“to rub”).

“Watt listened for a time, for the voice was far from unmelodious. The fricatives in particular were pleasing.”

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