Fricative
//ˈfɾɪkətɪv//
"Fricative" in a Sentence (3 examples)
Ashkenazi Hebrew uses a sibilant fricative where Yemenite Hebrew has a non-sibilant fricative.
Can you make a voiced linguolabial fricative?
Watt listened for a time, for the voice was far from unmelodious. The fricatives in particular were pleasing.
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