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How to pronounce “fricative

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Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of fricative with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
Create a Language in Just One HourSo we have fricatives.
Definition summary
(phonetics) 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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How to pronounce fricative

Create a Language in Just One Hour

So we have fricatives.

Example Sentences

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Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (phonetics) 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.
  • [Adjective]
  • (phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.

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