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fricative

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Noun — 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.

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

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