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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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