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fricative

Fricative is a 9 letter word which starts with the letter F and ends with the letter E for which we found 2 definitions.

Definition
(a.) Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath intonated or unintonated through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach but not with a complete closure of the organs of articulation and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; -- said of certain consonantal sounds as f v s z etc.
(n.) A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation // 197-206 etc.

Syllable Information

The word fricative is a 9 letter word that has 3 syllable 's . The syllable division for fricative is: fric-a-tive


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