Any of several sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant.
Adjective
produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
Origin
New Latin fricativus, from Classical Latin fricāre, present active infinitive of fricō.
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