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plural fricatives
(phonetics) 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. quotations examples
Watt listened for a time, for the voice was far from unmelodious. The fricatives in particular were pleasing.
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, Olympia Press
comparative more fricative, superlative most fricative
(phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity. examples