OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3583

fricative

/ˈfɹɪkətɪv/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fricativa
Any of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant.
Watt listened for a time, for the voice was far from unmelodious. The fricatives in particular were pleasing.
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